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NoPotatoes wrote (edited )

I think diagnoses are meant to help people with similar challenges approach those challenges using shared techniques. Autistic people are often encouraged to explicitly work on their ability to read social cues, for example.

Edit: remove link to Autism Speaks.

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Fool wrote

I'll just mention that Autism Speaks is pretty reviled by the Neurodiverse community - they're known for being dismissive of the views of people with Autism, and for promotion of harmful behaviour therapy.

(I don't have any personal experience with them, just what I've gleaned from the interwebs.)

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NoPotatoes wrote

Thanks for mentioning that. I would not have known otherwise! I just picked something from the top of the search results. I'll edit my comment. Do you have another source that you do find suitable?

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asterism wrote

I thought your sentence said Diogenes instead of diagnoses and I was so confused

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