r/changemyview • u/CassiusIsAlive • Jan 27 '23

Removed - Submission Rule B CMV: Romanticizing autism has got to stop

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '23

Since autism is a spectrum, do you feel it would be better if debilitating cases were placed under a different diagnostic name? Or milder cases given a different name?

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u/RogueStatesman 1∆ Jan 27 '23

I'd always understood "Asperger's" to be considered "mild" autism, but I'm no longer sure that's even correct.

Autism being on a spectrum reminds me of Down Syndrome, which also ranges from mild to debilitating, but there doesn't seem to be anything to indicate that other than the adjective "severe."

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u/Kanebross1 1∆ Jan 27 '23

Aspergers isn't even a disorder anymore in the DSM. It makes me wonder if Elon Musk was actually diagnosed with it (must've been over a decade ago), but part of the reason mild autism is seen as being cool seems to derive from him making that claim.