>> defined in such a way that two with the same label can have remarkably little overlap in terms of observed behaviour
> This is untrue and unsupported by evidence
Here is the diagnostic criteria for ASD: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/hcp-dsm.html ... It literally lays out a path that can generate a non overlapping diagnosis. It sort of has to because we lummped what were previously two disorders together because people are sensitive to nazi's having existed.
Now go to the UK where there is strong advocacy for a whole other set of diagnostic criteria for women. The DSM begins to look barbaric and/or sexist if not misinformed.
The moment there is a biological underpinning to something like ASD it gets interesting because what do you do with all the folks with a diagnosis who DONT fit that label. They have something that looks the same but isnt... and the whole psychiatry/psychology community looks like quacks. DO note that im not opposed to these fields but they need to get their shit together on reproducibility.
Thanks I'm thoroughly familiar with the DSM criteria, the ICD criteria, and the research literature.
> It literally lays out a path that can generate a non overlapping diagnosis.
It does not. If you believe there are exist two autistic people who have no overlapping symptoms please present an example.
> The moment there is a biological underpinning to something like ASD it gets interesting because what do you do with all the folks with a diagnosis who DONT fit that label.
Compare this to, "The moment there is a biological underpinning to something like cancer it gets interesting because what do you do with all the folks with a diagnosis who DONT fit that label." To which the answer is "that's a red herring, the current understanding of cancer doesn't require all cancers share the same biological origins, so why should finding one marker call that into question?"
Or "The moment you locate the code line with a buffer overflow it gets interesting because some programs that seem like they have a buffer overflow don't have that line of code."
> This is untrue and unsupported by evidence
Here is the diagnostic criteria for ASD: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/hcp-dsm.html ... It literally lays out a path that can generate a non overlapping diagnosis. It sort of has to because we lummped what were previously two disorders together because people are sensitive to nazi's having existed.
Now go to the UK where there is strong advocacy for a whole other set of diagnostic criteria for women. The DSM begins to look barbaric and/or sexist if not misinformed.
The moment there is a biological underpinning to something like ASD it gets interesting because what do you do with all the folks with a diagnosis who DONT fit that label. They have something that looks the same but isnt... and the whole psychiatry/psychology community looks like quacks. DO note that im not opposed to these fields but they need to get their shit together on reproducibility.