a new diagnostic criteria for autism
“first published 2022-04-10”if the dsm is leaving you stumped, here’s some clues to help you determine if you have autism:
- you have one kind of sock
- you know the curvature of interstate highway bends
- you know about the usps dmm
- you’ve taken apart an important device because you were curious how it works
- bonus points if you were unable to reassemble it
- you want a full faceplate respirator, and know what “a full faceplate respirator” is
- you have an incredibly niche hobby that your close friends don’t understand
- bonus points if your hobby could be incredibly lucrative but you refuse to learn the part that would make it profitable because that just doesn’t interest you
- the phrase “narration-free sesame street saxaphone factory video” holds a powerful allure, or if you’ve “had a ‘how it’s made’ phase”
- you know that british typography uses single quotes for outer quotes and double quotes for inner quotes, and american typography is the opposite
- you have opinions about historical nasa logos, or in fact any historical logos
- you like sinkdog, or you have a math degree