You're Not on the Spectrum, You're Damaged and Differently Abled.

Being on the spectrum is a very real thing. I have a daughter who has been diagnosed with ASD/Gifted level 2. Which means she is high functioning and substantially above average intelligence.

Her giftedness (which is a term many psychologists and parents alike dont agree with) is most certainly tied in with her level of autism, they are two sides of the same coin, in her case, although giftedness is not always associated with autism.

To say she thinks differently is quite the understatement. She sees a different world to what I and most people do, and it has more to do with her senses than her experiences. It's very hard to explain, but sensory overload is a common symptom that some who are not on the spectrum can relate too.

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