Fantastic article. I wholeheartedly agree that there is a terrible gap of information/knowledge surrounding the term “autism”. In some ways, I understand why different labels within the spectrum were removed in 2014. Aspergers, and other conditions, all fall within the same umbrella diagnosis of “autism”.
“My child has autism” is now like saying “My child has music”. The conversation then becomes overwhelmed with how autism is diagnosed, what forms are prevalent, etc. similar to how the word “music” doesn’t fully describe what I’m listening to today.
Music has genre names that give you a quick understanding – rock, classical, 80’s, urban country, grunge.
So, my daughter is Jazz, and my son Folk.
http://medicinetimes.info/2016/05/08/my-son-has-the-kind-of-tas-aout-term-life/
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