Thought experiment to the floor.
Suppose I designed & conducted a PDA research.
I created PDA definitions based on my experience.
Ignore how PDA can be diagnosed at lower diagnosed thresholds.
Ignore how PDA can be diagnosed in non-autistic persons.
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Suppose I designed & conducted a PDA research.
I created PDA definitions based on my experience.
Ignore how PDA can be diagnosed at lower diagnosed thresholds.
Ignore how PDA can be diagnosed in non-autistic persons.
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Ignore DSM-5 threshold for when something becomes "pathological", i.e., threshold for PDA.
Ignore accepted understandings anxiety is not a feature autism.
Used ADOS which is not design to assess for PDA features.
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Ignore DSM-5 threshold for when something becomes "pathological", i.e., threshold for PDA.
Ignore accepted understandings anxiety is not a feature autism.
Used ADOS which is not design to assess for PDA features.
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Only diagnosed PDA in persons I thought were autistic.
Only diagnosed PDA in a dual ASD + PDA traits diagnosis.
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Only diagnosed PDA in persons I thought were autistic.
Only diagnosed PDA in a dual ASD + PDA traits diagnosis.
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... Would anyone be surprised if the research results, showed qualitative & quantitative differences in my three groups:
- autistic with PDA.
- autistic without PDA.
- non-autistic trauma based group.
Seriously wondering this?
- autistic with PDA.
- autistic without PDA.
- non-autistic trauma based group.
Seriously wondering this?
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Could one reasonably describe such research as "more authoritative clinically-based research" (assuming I was a clinician and research was conducted in a clinical setting)?
Could one reasonably describe such research as "more authoritative clinically-based research" (assuming I was a clinician and research was conducted in a clinical setting)?
@threadreaderapp please could you unroll?
Thank you in advance.
Thank you in advance.
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Need to add.
*Ignores that PDA can be diagnosed as standalone diagnostic entity.*
@threadreaderapp please could you unroll again?
Need to add.
*Ignores that PDA can be diagnosed as standalone diagnostic entity.*
@threadreaderapp please could you unroll again?
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