Mz BW
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and who was first & loudest & most amused? Wot a shock - PigshitMy two kids are both autistic & are extremely different from each other.
Older child (level 1) is nothing like Abbie. They both stim. They both have atypical social interactions. They both have terrible impulse control. They're both kinda bratty. That's about it. Older child handles all their own self care, can cook (age appropriately), is academically advanced, and while they may need some time and support to get themselves fully independent - impulse control is gonna be an issue when it comes to paying bills- they'll be just fine on their own.
Younger child (level 3) has some crossover. The biggest differences are related to intellectual disability; my child does not seem to have one, but if they do it's mild. And, of course, parenting-related issues don't cross over either. But this child is very socially withdrawn, struggles to communicate, has tons of stims, we've had issues with elopement, absolutely needs things a certain way no matter what, constantly under blankets, horrifically anxious, muscle tone issues.... I see a decent amount of similarities.
It's pretty clear to me as an observer where Abbie struggles with ID vs. autism vs. absolute shit parenting.
I'm not sure that it was necessarily good to lump everything together in the latest DSM. I get why they did - to make sure everyone has access to therapies - but it does seem to have created a lot of confusion with the general public.
I wasn't sure until he bellowed "WELL IT WAS ALL BLACK" in response to Isaiah asking if the radio station he did commercials for was better than some other one, and then "WHO TALKS LIKE THAT?" when everyone brayed like hyenas.
![Face with hand over mouth :face_with_hand_over_mouth: 🤭](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f92d.png)
![Face vomiting :face_vomiting: 🤮](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f92e.png)
![Face vomiting :face_vomiting: 🤮](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f92e.png)
![Face vomiting :face_vomiting: 🤮](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f92e.png)
(I just clicked on that vid & ff to the WLW bit, that's the first time I have watched anything from them in many months. Ol' Wayney Poo should shut his fat head - I couldn't understand his "regular" accent. White trash POSes.