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?
this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2025
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Both. Any resources I can point such people towards would be useful too.
People are people, you treat them in ways they respond to. There is no real deliniation, is all sliding scale even with what we call "Normies".
There's at least one other condition that's commonly misdiagnosed as autism: schizoid personality disorder. I'd imagine at least some who don't quite qualify for an autism diagnosis would be well described as schizoid. There may well be other conditions that also share a lot in common with autism that might be similarly good diagnoses for certain folks who don't quite qualify for an autism spectrum diagnosis. But it's also valid for some folks who don't qualify as on the spectrum to just qualify as not having autism.
I am diagnosed with autism but also exhibit several SPD symptoms. I still wonder if I should try to get an official diagnosis for it, but probably I'm just about on the border of SPD.
It's a shame they get mixed up and misdiagnosed as each other as they're not really that similar under the hood.
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I don’t think you really need to differentiate “mild” or “severe” autism. Considering it can manifest in a multitude of different ways, just elaborate on how best to approach that persons autistic tendencies instead.