Lumifer comments on Autism, or early isolation? - LessWrong

17 Post author: JonahSinick 17 June 2015 08:52AM

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Comment author: Lumifer 17 June 2015 03:19:20PM 1 point [-]

I'm curious what replaced it, if anything.

Basically, the two large sub-categories of autism are (1) when speech is impaired; and (2) when speech is not impaired.

Asperger's is the old name for the unimpaired-speech version. Note that, generally speaking, impairment of speech is associated with delays in general mental development.

Comment author: Tem42 21 June 2015 06:54:36PM 0 points [-]

I think you have (1) and (2) reversed. Also, verbal communication is impaired on all three levels.