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[Ernie]

The fact it took years to notice makes me think this was probably a misdiagnosis. Autism is pretty obvious

Could you indicate why we should believe that Austism is pretty obvious?

[Ernie]

What does the word "spectrum" mean to you, Josh?
And are you always willing to jump in with unwanted medical diagnoses after reading 3 lines of text that someone wrote?

My observation is that Josh sees most things as black or white.
I've tried repeatedly to urge more nuanced conversation and view more issues on a spectrum, rather than viewing most of life through the lens of extremes on either end of a spectrum. I've decided that for now, such urgings are probably not so helpful.

[Soloist]

My son was obvious. The young lady at church is obvious. While I don’t consider myself autistic, I’m now technically on the spectrum.

Not every medical condition is obvious at first. Trying to say that you can diagnose something based on stereotypical symptoms is short sighted.
You cannot diagnose diabetes by interacting with someone. You may be able to diagnose autism depending on how well “trained” they are. I mean no offense by that but some mid range functioning to high functioning learn scripted behavior. Most people would decide they are weird.
I doubt Josh would think of me as autistic. The simple fact is that medical doesn’t work on a black white system with everything.
Just about every medical condition has a few varieties. We could break each one into different diagnoses but when treatments can fit multiple varieties, it makes less sense.

[Josh]

The fact it took years to notice makes me think this was probably a misdiagnosis. Autism is pretty obvious

Could you indicate why we should believe that Austism is pretty obvious?

Classical autism is pretty obvious that someone is not normal.

I believe Sliceitup was talking about perhaps being on the spectrum (what people used to fall Asperger’s) which is a much more nebulous definition.

[NedFlanders]

What does the word "spectrum" mean to you, Josh?
And are you always willing to jump in with unwanted medical diagnoses after reading 3 lines of text that someone wrote?

My observation is that Josh sees most things as black or white.
I've tried repeatedly to urge more nuanced conversation and view more issues on a spectrum, rather than viewing most of life through the lens of extremes on either end of a spectrum. I've decided that for now, such urgings are probably not so helpful.

His black and white brings a bit of reference to most discussions that is helpful.