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Comment author: FiftyTwo 10 November 2012 11:28:30PM 0 points [-]

Undiagnosed and untreated ASD do not necessarily require professional treatment.

True, but you'd think he could benefit from some intervention that meant he didn't have major distress periodically when someone breaks one of his rules.

Comment author: Decius 11 November 2012 03:19:02AM 0 points [-]

If the intervention had that effect, it would be a benefit. Anecdotal evidence suggests that professional treatment is roughly as distressing as the effects it attempts to prevent, and is largely ineffective.