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  • Thanks for answering.

    Just to clarify: I don’t think the DSM-V is wrong and I think it is an excellent source.

    But if the DSM-V says that „…can’t be diagnosed while autism…“ does sound like the adhd/autism thing and this is what I think gets people worked up.

    That also may be the reason why someone said you treat it like the „bible“ which is a metaphor for using it too strictly as in „the dsm-v has been wrong before and only represents todays knowledge and could be changed tomorrow. Dont use it as sole reference“.

    And as I said as well, you did reference the minimum timespan which is afaik not the way autistics experience this kind of thing. So they really only don’t like the „you cant say selective mutism because dsmv says not autism“ thing.

    Sorry for repeating the same thing but I wanted to get the angle right to reduce misunderstandings. I hope I did a decent job.