STEVE KEMP wrote in a message to SUE ALEXANDER:

SK> Autism is an age limited diagnosis. Period!

     Then why is age not a defining parameter in the diagnosis?

SK> It's EFFECTIVELY Schizophrenia. For if an adult exhibited
SK> autistic-like  behaviors with onset at 40, let's say, it would be
SK> called Schizophrenia. And that's a fact! No doubt about it!

     The doubt is why an adult would all of a sudden start to exhibit what
could be called autistic behaviors.

SK> Of course there are MANY forms of schizophrenia though.
SK> Autism generally expresses in unique form, but that doesn't mean
SK> that  one isn't the other!

SK> "THEY" call it something else though, is all. Based upon onset. And
SK> that's all I'm saying.

     And "because I said so" is not good enough for me, Steve. 
You should damn well know that by now.  The evidence I have found says you
are incorrect... pull out something that I can read online that says you
have evidence and I will continue to talk.  Otherwise, I will simply
consider this over and done with.

     Sue

... "Cry irrelevant and evade the dogs of debate!" - Steven Van Vliet
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