r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 6d ago
Neuroscience New study finds online self-reports may not accurately reflect clinical autism diagnoses. Adults who report high levels of autistic traits through online surveys may not reflect the same social behaviors or clinical profiles as those who have been formally diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
https://www.psypost.org/new-study-finds-online-self-reports-may-not-accurately-reflect-clinical-autism-diagnoses/
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u/newsnewsnews111 5d ago
Thank you for your kind words.
My son has been in speech therapy for many years. It was the first one we tried when we were waiting for his autism evaluation at 18 months old. Last fall we took a break from two years of private speech therapy focused on AAC with no progress. He also has one for school.
He is not bothered by his lack of communication and doesn’t get frustrated too often. I do my best to figure out what he’s asking for but he has trouble answering even simple questions. I’ve only been apart from for two nights. We sent him to a weekend special needs camp to try it out last year. He did fine so that’s good news for the inevitable day that we cannot care for him. I’m hoping to try a longer one eventually but it’s a lot to figure out.
And care for autistic people like him is difficult to obtain and generally not good quality. Plus he cannot tell us if there’s a problem. He cannot mask and has very different needs from those who can. This is the autism no one talks about anymore.