• rwhitisissle@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Yes, and from most of the people I know who believe themselves to be mildly autistic or to have behaviors commonly identified as autism symptoms, if you said to them “everyone’s a little bit gay,” they would almost certainly say “Yes! Exactly!”

    • Takumidesh@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      That didn’t mean everyone is on the spectrum of autism, it means there is a spectrum of behaviors that a person with autism may have.

      • nexguy@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        There is no blood test that says you have autism or you don’t. It is a diagnosis based on opinion of results of several behavioral tests. How can a subjective opinion on your behavior be 100% conclusive? Doctors disagree with each other on a certain diagnosis. Sounds like a fuzzy border to me.

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          3 months ago

          It’s essentially a duck test with more data points. The more points you get the more certain it is you have autism. And for diagnosis, there has to be a concrete line how many of those points are required

    • zea@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 months ago

      And most people are within rounding distance of 0. So while you could argue “everyone’s a little autistic” is technically correct, it’s not helpful and is actively misleading in most contexts.