lol, doesn't get much better when you get older. I think I have a phobia of being trapped in conversations about the weather/random sport team/relatives medical conditions.
bit of a late night rambling thought... spectrum disorder stuff is disturbing to me, I'd self diagnose myself with ASD, ADD, and dyslexia based on 60% of the diagnostic symptoms of each.
If each of these disorders results from being out on the tail of a curve for like three or four traits/factors, then you can see a bunch of overlap symptoms without really being there.
Like:
A. Sensitivity 95%+
B. Detail oriented 95%+
C. Introversion 95%+
Might be an underlying mechanic set for ASD.
Imagine 20 common symptoms for identifying it. 3 of them exist related just to A, 3 just to B, 3 just to C. 2 when A&B are true, 2 when B&C are true, 2 when A&C are present, 5 when all three are present.
Then maybe dyslexia has
A. Sensitivity 90%+
B. Detail oriented <1% (i.e. abstract thinking)
etc.
Maybe 75% of gifted is at core:
A. Sensitivity 95%+ combined with one or more other extended traits
If the symptom matched to the right trait is matched to the right intervention, great. However, the risk of a spectrum diagnosis leading to a wrong intervention is disturbing (like giving stimulants to a gifted kid identified as having ADHD.)
