I know you mentioned the articles weren't good enough evidence(for you) but I may as well leave them here for everyone to visit. I also think it's a common trick for others to try relating autism-skepticism to religiousness in general, there's a few hints you tried doing so to me. I'm not upset about it though, I'm partially here to say autism-skepticism can be a rational view in spite of all the dumb people who 'share' the same stance.
This is story time: I know you know I have different reasons for thinking stuff like Asperger's ain't real(I think it's a natural state of mind and thus invalid as a disorder, and really through technical means), but I'd like to separate myself from all the others claiming "autistics are just faking" which is the dumbest way to say autism isn't real.
I and a few acquaintances were diagnosed with autism but dealt with the stigma associated with it, then later(individually) came to our conclusions. Some were harsh. I was told my entire life I couldn't do much of anything, and I believed it, it was when I quit adhering to the diagnosis that my shackles were finally released(in all fairness to you, this could be possible even IF autism is real, cause you know, stigma). Others are still being thought of to have no future, people who are highly intelligent and only socially outcast for their own social preferences. They're presumed by family members to have no future, and probably spend their entire lifes living off their family because they were never given a chance.
The point I'm getting at, is... Well, nothing. Just felt like rambling. But I'll just say this; there are plenty of people diagnosed with high-functioning autism who are saying autism doesn't exist, and the ones who do say it exists are in full support of the neurodiversity movement which aims to remove autism from the DSM. It is inevitable autism will no longer be recognized as a disorder.
Actually I think I just wasted your time because I'm being chatty and pointless. Here are below articles for others who didn't read these yet. Premise; intelligence causes novel thinking and social awkwardness.
Intelligence & Evolutionarily Novel Traits:
http://phys.org/news186236813.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100224132655.htm
http://findmuck.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/the-intelligent-are-evolutionary-deviants/
Intelligence & Social Awkwardness:
http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Correlation_between_intelligence_and_social_deficiency
I know you mentioned the articles weren't good enough evidence(for you) but I may as well leave them here for everyone to visit. I also think it's a common trick for others to try relating autism-skepticism to religiousness in general, there's a few hints you tried doing so to me. I'm not upset about it though, I'm partially here to say autism-skepticism can be a rational view in spite of all the dumb people who 'share' the same stance.
This is story time: I know you know I have different reasons for thinking stuff like Asperger's ain't real(I think it's a natural state of mind and thus invalid as a disorder, and really through technical means), but I'd like to separate myself from all the others claiming "autistics are just faking" which is the dumbest way to say autism isn't real.
I and a few acquaintances were diagnosed with autism but dealt with the stigma associated with it, then later(individually) came to our conclusions. Some were harsh. I was told my entire life I couldn't do much of anything, and I believed it, it was when I quit adhering to the diagnosis that my shackles were finally released(in all fairness to you, this could be possible even IF autism is real, cause you know, stigma). Others are still being thought of to have no future, people who are highly intelligent and only socially outcast for their own social preferences. They're presumed by family members to have no future, and probably spend their entire lifes living off their family because they were never given a chance.
The point I'm getting at, is... Well, nothing. Just felt like rambling. But I'll just say this; there are plenty of people diagnosed with high-functioning autism who are saying autism doesn't exist, and the ones who do say it exists are in full support of the neurodiversity movement which aims to remove autism from the DSM. It is inevitable autism will no longer be recognized as a disorder.
Actually I think I just wasted your time because I'm being chatty and pointless. Here are below articles for others who didn't read these yet. Premise; intelligence causes novel thinking and social awkwardness.
Intelligence & Evolutionarily Novel Traits:
http://phys.org/news186236813.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100224132655.htm
http://findmuck.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/the-intelligent-are-evolutionary-deviants/
Intelligence & Social Awkwardness:
http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Correlation_between_intelligence_and_social_deficiency