My first article in Invisible Illness

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The other day my article entitled, “As Someone With Autism, A Capitol Rioter’s Autism Scares Me“ was published in the Medium online publication, Invisible Illness.

As it says in the about for Invisible Illness, “We’ve created a publication called Invisible Illness to house all of the best stories on Medium about mental health and to help people find great stories and help spark even more conversation.”

Opening up about my Autism is difficult. Many want to paint a smiling face on the disorder. But there are darker sides to Autism that have caused society to react negatively. We are all not like Rain Man.

I take issue with the 2013 disorder merger on a scientific level. There are post merger studies showing there’s been actual problems, including one from Germany where clinicians are biased towards the more severe ends of the spectrum.

This is the problem with a spectrum theory, where will be the scientific and social focus? After all, there’s only so much resources available.

While before the merger, there was a healthy amount of both Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome studies being done.

Well, enough soap boxing for now.