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I have Atypical autism but I don't know if that is the most common type. ๐Ÿค” ๐Ÿค” ๐Ÿค”

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There's levels to this stuff?

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you beat the boss at the end of level 1, you get a special prize: executive dysfunction!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The "Thank you Mario, but the princess is in another castle" type of win

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the diagnostic system was adjusted with the publication of the DSM-5 in 2013. Asperger's Syndrome was rolled into Autism Spectrum Disorder and Autism got three levels.

Little bit of skimming articles seems to say that the levels are based on need for support, higher being needing more.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It was added more recently.