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What do we do about people who are on the edge of autism (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 day ago by NotANumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/Autism@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I've come to know a number of people who show lots of neurodivergent traits but who aren't necessarily autistic or otherwise neurodivergent, or are but only just cross the border. Do we have specific terms, research, or anything towards these types of people. I know at one point there was the term BAP (Broad Autism Phenotype), but this sounds very clinical. It's also personally been unusual to deal with as I can't really treat them like I would any other autistic person, or like a neurotypical.

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[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What do you mean by "do"? Are you looking for advice on how to interact with them? Or what society should do to help them?

[–] NotANumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Both. Any resources I can point such people towards would be useful too.