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fruiet
on May 6, 2018
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Is It Time to Give Up on a Single Diagnostic Label...
I don't know why this post has been voted down. Autism most definitely is not a mental illness. It's a disability.
xapata
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What's the difference? Would you prefer "condition"?
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The difference is that autism cannot be eliminated via psychiatric methods. It's a neurological condition.
jnwatson
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Nor can schizophrenia be eliminated via psychiatric methods.
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I think many aspects of a mind cannot be eliminated by psychiatric methods, yet most we would simply call personality.
loceng
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Developmental disorder is more widely used, and more correct.
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