[a thread]
molecularautism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
“there is growing evidence to suggest that neurotypically presenting autistic people continue being autistic at the cognitive level”
lol do you think???? /s
/3
“strategies that involve regulating pre-existing behaviors”
IE censoring your true thoughts, dressing like the group, remaining silent in conversations /5
“Strategies that enable production of neurotypical behaviour without solving the cognitive difference in question”
IE: learning scripts + social rules, faking eye contact /7
“Strategies that enable an alternative route to solve the cognitive difficulty in question”
IE: using a catalog of learned human behavior + logic to navigate social situations + infer others' mental states /9
“..Diagnosed individuals have few deep compensation strategies, which may be indicative of why they required a diagnosis in the first place.” /10
“Strategies that help accommodate, but do not necessarily alter, one’s cognitive difference”
IE: choosing to work in a specific environment or structure your life differently /11
“This accords with qualitative studies in which #autistic adults report using strategies from a young age, before recognition and diagnosis of ASD” /13
“We suggest that clinicians should be aware of compensatory strategies in intellectually-able individuals reporting autistic-like difficulties, even if they do not meet strict behavioural criteria for ASD." /15