![]() Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or speechĢ. Restrictive, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests or activities, as manifested by at least two of the following, currently or by history:ġ. Autistic people often have a great connection with non-human ‘people’ too and a connection to the natural world.ī. Autistics may be very loyal and/or have strong bonds with an individual or small group of friends. ![]() Approaching relationships differently to allistic people.Interacting in different ways. Being honest and straightforward and not generally using things like manipulation or sarcasm.They may make excellent psychologists or counsellors or just be really good and thoughtful friends and partners. ![]() Different ways of relating and experiencing emotions.Some ways in which this might be demonstrated include: It is not a deficit or a disorder, it is just a different way of communicating. This is part of the person’s basic make-up. Specify current severity based on social communication impairments and restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour.Ī (Ausome) Different ways of communicating and relating to others. Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships Deficits in nonverbal communication behaviours used for social interactionģ. Deficits in social-emotional reciprocityĢ. Persistent deficits in social communication and interaction across multiple contexts, as manifested by all of the following (currently or by history):ġ. Autistic pride all the way! Nothing abotu us without us and other positive and radical sentiments.Ī. It si a bit tongue in cheek but there is a serious side to this as well. Text in blue is what is in the DSM and text in black is what I have written. I’m not sure how a doctor would use it but I prefer it to the original version. I decided to whip out my advocate brush and give it a neurodiversity-based touch-up. I know it is for the purposes of accessing support so it probably needs to focus on challenges rather than strengths but it still makes me sad. It made me sad as it was so strongly focussed on deficits and negatives. I recently had a look at the autism criteria in the DSM 5 (the criteria used to diagnose autism in a number of countries including Australia).
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