All-in podcast was presenting RFK recently who highlighted autism rates of 1/22.
Is it just me or is the spectrum of autism now just labeling anyone with social awkwardness or challenges expressing feelings as autistic? Because I feel like there is socially awkward, and then there is 'Dating on the spectrum' level autistic.
I'm not super up to date yet, but is there an actual 'science' based test (blood, dna, something other than observing behaviors). I've seen the diagnosis of l1, l2 and l3 autism, but this isn't cited by the paper (or at least wasn't in my skim).
The paper does indicate that imagination, social interactions and community are benefits from D&D. These benefits aren't specific to autistic people though; all growing kids can benefit from these types of activities and they're challenges that neurotypical kids encounter as well.
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All-in podcast was presenting RFK recently who highlighted autism rates of 1/22. Is it just me or is the spectrum of autism now just labeling anyone with social awkwardness or challenges expressing feelings as autistic? Because I feel like there is socially awkward, and then there is 'Dating on the spectrum' level autistic.
I'm not super up to date yet, but is there an actual 'science' based test (blood, dna, something other than observing behaviors). I've seen the diagnosis of l1, l2 and l3 autism, but this isn't cited by the paper (or at least wasn't in my skim).
The paper does indicate that imagination, social interactions and community are benefits from D&D. These benefits aren't specific to autistic people though; all growing kids can benefit from these types of activities and they're challenges that neurotypical kids encounter as well.