tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post8706631692058832401..comments2024-02-13T21:31:57.980-04:00Comments on Facing Autism in New Brunswick: DSM5 ASD Criterion D: No Clinically Signifcant Impairment in Current Functioning = No Autism Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-66956496103877567422014-11-22T10:32:34.230-04:002014-11-22T10:32:34.230-04:00Roger’s point is very valid. He is living proof o...Roger’s point is very valid. He is living proof of an extremely rare, but treatable, form of “autism”. There are many other rare, but known, dysfunctions that to “autism”. Biologically these conditions are completely unrelated. If you give Roger’s little wonder pill to Connor, it will have no effect. <br />Trying to find therapies for people affected by autism as defined by DSM will continue to fail. People need a biological diagnosis, not a behavioural diagnosis. As Roger found out, for some people this is possible. For many people, using today’s science, it may not be possible. Perhaps more people should insist on their doctors finding the route cause of their “autism”. Researchers should then look for treatments for specific dysfunctions and trial them only on people with that exact diagnosis; then some real progress could be made.<br />Peter Lloyd-Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173383229834614994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-30954767622359439442014-11-21T13:00:59.394-04:002014-11-21T13:00:59.394-04:00w ford
1. I realize people with a (HF) autism dis...w ford<br /><br />1. I realize people with a (HF) autism disorder diagnosis have impaired functioning. IF they do not have impaired functioning then Criterion D should preclude a diagnosis. If you have an autism diagnosis or Aspergers under the DSM-IV then you should be impaired functioning. <br /><br />2. What is wrong with the DSM5? I have written many times on this blog site about my concerns including hiding the more severely impaired from public awarenes by combing everything as 1 autism which increasingly justifies the tendency in the media AND in autism research to EXCLUDE the severely autistic with ID from public understanding of autism and from autism research results.<br /><br />3. I am not alone in my concerns about the DSM5. There have been a number of autism experts who have expressed concern. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-77372138510395913712014-11-21T12:23:05.432-04:002014-11-21T12:23:05.432-04:00What wrong with dsm five, my god and have high fu...What wrong with dsm five, my god and have high funct autism and yes it impairs my functioning.w fordnoreply@blogger.com