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While a diagnosis is based on people having enough of the traits, some people have either none of the traits or such mild versions of the traits that they really don't share much with someone who has autism, so personally I don't think that everyone is 'on the spectrum'. That is certainly not in...

I've experienced this with autism too. Why do you think we're all on a spectrum?

I think you are broadly correct. There are people here who know a lot more than me and they will no doubt give their experiences, but here's mine: They can't do a blood test or brain scan and simply say who does and doesn't have autism. Instead they do cognitive testing, asking questions etc. I...

Yep, that all makes sense. I can understand that some people don't feel disabled and don't want to be labelled as such. It's offensive to them to suggest they have a problem. Society can learn here to better treat people with differences. But someone with autism who is happy should also...

I think the level of support someone needs is a separate point from whether or not anyone could benefit from a 'cure'. It's not an either/or choice. We should support people with autism. But that doesn't mean we should make no attempt to learn what might cause it. I disagree with the point that...

A lot of parents don't give as much time to their children as perhaps they should, because they are consumed with their own lives. If the difficulties with your son were because you didn't give him enough time and effort (and that does happen, life can be difficult), then I can understand you...

I really doubt you have any need to apologise to anyone. Whether one would wish for a different outcome might depend on their hopes for their child's future, and how affected that could be by any disability. I would certainly wish disability hadn't been part of our family. Is that definitely...

It's great that your family are doing well, but a lot of people are more negatively affected by their autism. It would certainly be good to learn more about what causes it, and possibly what causes the different levels/types of autism.

I hope you guys get some respite, because it must be exhausting for you as a couple and difficult to deal with.

No, you'll have to fight for help here too.

So the social model distinguishes Impairment and Disability Impairment is a medical condition that leads to disability. Disability is the result of the interaction between people living with impairments and barriers in the physical, attitudinal, communication and social environment. I got the...

Some of their presentation was focusing on explaining that autism itself isn't a disability and that it's society that disables autistic people, and that autistic and neurotypical people are just different versions of human, with neither one more healthy than the other. While society can...