Granta_Omega
Well-Known Member
Yesterday, during my feedback session, my psychologist wasn't willing to say that I had autism, even though he was willing to say I have aspergers. He clearly implied that he hates the new DSM-5 standards, and that he wasn't going by them when doing his test. He did say that the criteria wasn't a test, but just a list. However, I had to question him for an hour, and ask if it was according to the criteria, it would be autism, and he eventually said yes, but wouldn't actually say it. He said that aspergers was a mild autism, but since there were no verbal communication delays, he ruled out autism, which seemed contradictory, because I thought Aspergers was a form of autism.
When people say someone is autistic, does that generally mean they just have classic autism, or does that term really apply to everyone with an autism spectrum disorder?
This seems like a weird question to ask, but it is kind of bothersome to me that he was not willing to say that my condition he diagnosed me with somehow was part of autism.
When people say someone is autistic, does that generally mean they just have classic autism, or does that term really apply to everyone with an autism spectrum disorder?
This seems like a weird question to ask, but it is kind of bothersome to me that he was not willing to say that my condition he diagnosed me with somehow was part of autism.