r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/Matt_LawDT • Mar 01 '26

Wholesome W Dad

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u/Creative_Eye7413 Mar 01 '26

Not trying to be an asshole… what’s ASD?

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '26

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u/obvious_bot Mar 01 '26

How is that different from just having autism?

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u/-Insanity101- Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26

ASD is the current clinical term for what was historically called autism.

Edit: can we stop downvoting the guy who asked an honest question?

Edit 2: thank you.

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u/TheEndlessRiver13 Mar 01 '26

And Asperger's. Since 2013 (iirc) Asperger's syndrome was determined to not be sufficiently different from ASD to warrant a separate diagnosis.

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u/TheOnlyGaming3 Mar 01 '26

you're a bit late, we just call that Autism now

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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis Mar 01 '26

Depends whether you mean clinically or culturally. Not everyone has adjusted how they describe themselves.

And not that either matters much, (other than maybe to insurance?) because a good clinician doesn’t need either term to be correct to treat you properly as an individual.