hmm The right likes to point out that the DSM is just a political document and certain things come and go (e.g. homosexuality as a defect, etc.) based on from which quadrant of the left the winds are blowing. Not sure we should endorse it whole heartedly today.https://twitter.com/AndToddsaid/status/1176478693847445505 …
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All good taxonomies are in flux - especially at early stages like this (the taxonomy of living creatures is in much less flux these days bc DNA analysis - and I can imagine 200 years form now when our science of psychology is a 1000 times better that there will be less flux)
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so I do not find autism / asperger's spectrum to be a priori false / offensive / wrong. It's one stab at a thing. The DEEP truth is that probably autism is 3 or 4 distinct things, Aspergers is likewise, some of first and second are prob on a spectrum together, others aren't
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