[ SECRET POST #2693 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2693 ⌋

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[ryttu3k]

I don't have much else to add here, but I do want to point out that ASD isn't a mental illness. Yes, it's listed in the DSM, but it's classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder.

Developmental disorders, including neurodevelopmental ones, are essentially a difference in brain wiring - there's no 'cure' for them and it's just the way the person's brain is configured. You can learn different methods for dealing with it (I... assume Chris-chan did not), but there's no actual cure.

(I would really like Autism Speaks to realise that part, please.)

Mental illnesses, as a general rule, CAN be from brain wiring but are also often due to an unbalance in neurotransmitters or from patterns of thinking that have become fairly unhealthy, and can be treated with some classes of medications or with psychotherapy. Depression, bipolar, anxiety, and psychosis can all be treated medically and someone with those illnesses could be considered to be treating it, but there's no such equivalent for neurodevelopmental disorders (except things like Ritalin for ADHD, but that's a fairly controversial one).