It’s starting to bother me now. For all the talk about autism being “neurodevelopmental”; there is no objective analysis used to diagnose autism; no explanation of the mechanism of autism; no clear and consistent explanation. There are only vague explanations of causes. (The lack of a clear explanation alone is not necessarily a red flag.)
For reference to what actual developmental disorders are:
- Down Syndrome is a
developmentalgenetic disorder; because the triplicated chromosome 21 affects the development of the human body; usually chromosome 21 is only duplicated when formed. (Hence the disorder.) Chromosomes regulates the stability of DNA; so the triplication of a chromosome changes the regulation of the DNA. Thus changing development of the human body. (Though who’s to say that the duplication of chromosome is the “order” of human development?) - Fetal alcohol syndromes are conditions because the development of the fetus is impacted due to the mother’s use of alcohol; but the mental health industry designates these syndromes as developmental disorders; but who’s to say what normal development is?
So, where and how does autism affect the development of neurons?!
Even before I learnt about the anti-psychiatry movement; I was pretty bothered that I could not find a clear and definable explanation of what autism is and I didn’t find any explanation on the mechanism of autism. All I could find was that “it manifests in families”; “it’s caused by some genes”; and “we have no test but we’re sure it exists”; which are unhelpfully vague and useless.
If institutions are going to say that a disorder is neurodevelopmental; then give a good explanation that shows the disorder in development of the neurons!
I have the same problem with ADHD and Tourette’s.
Eventually, I just came to a much more realistic conclusion: Autism is a bullshit label, like most mental disorders, made up by Psychiatry to promote eugenics and individualism.
EDIT: Down syndrome isn’t even directly a developmental disorder; it’s a genetic disorder.