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What is true is that the NHS has been severely underfunded (if they want to continue to provide the same services) and that services have been cut as a result. https://fullfact.org/health/spending-english-nhs/
E.g.: https://www.theguardian.com/help/ng-interactive/2017/mar/17/...
It is really dangerous to claim that autism can't be a serious condition unless it is alongside low IQ or physiological symptoms. It is also entirely unnecessary to stigmatise autism by calling it a disease, when it is so often inextricably linked to a persons personality.
Those with autism absolutely can be high functioning in the sense that they don't have the kind of co-occurring conditions that you describe. This does not always mean they do not need what most would see as drastic interventions and care.
People with autism often have a high ability to function on some social axis but are dangerously unaware of social conventions in others. Those with autism that lack the proper support can hurt themselves, they can hurt others, they can cause massive social disruption and they can end up with serious mental health problems. A diagnosis of autism can help society to provide much needed support.
We owe it to everyone in society to think about how we can help people without considering their states of existence defective.
This is not my experience and not something I have ever heard more advanced climbers talk about. Strong climbers climb outside which isn't set for any style and then go on to set inside based on that strength. If you are overworking one side it is generally a technique issue which can be overcome with practice.
What the article also didn't consider a widely used definition of the term high-functioning autism. It is often defined in terms of capacity to live autonomously at a level close to someone without autism with minimal support.
If we think of the condition in these terms I believe it's usefulness as a diagnosis becomes far more apparent. It would also allow for explicit recognition that the way people experience autism can significantly change when they are given support that nurtures independence and effective strategies to live.
I personally think that the people coming up with diagnostic frameworks could learn a lot from the The Capability Approach to well-being that has gained some prominence in recent philosophical discussions of the topic. Reading articles on diagnostics that do not seem to take into account the existence of such positions is frustrating because they seem to be missing an obvious way of being more effective in helping people as well as more descriptive.
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