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Comment author: wedrifid 08 April 2011 07:06:00AM *  0 points [-]

Do you have references to studies on bipolarity versus fabric sensitivity? ADHD versus fabric sensitivity?

For what it is worth, look at Hallowell for information on fabric sensitivity and ADHD. But not only is the way you have framed a demand for references a tad disingenuous bipoar/ADHD fabric sensitivity is not even required for the point. (And I have no specific information regarding bipolar clothing.)

If autistics tend to have greater fabric sensitivity than average then the average of that trait in non-autistics is going to be higher than either the autistic group or the whole population. That provides predictive power.

Excluding bipolarity and ADHDness is a strength of the term, not a weakness. Once you throw out all the complicated outliers you can have an easier time just describing what makes bipolar (or autism or ADHD) what it is.