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Autism's confusing cousins

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350 points Anon84 | 1 comments | 06 Dec 25 11:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.302s | source
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captainbland ◴[06 Dec 25 13:37 UTC] No.46173271[source]▶
I think this is broadly well considered although I have a bit of trouble understanding this point:

> Social awkwardness refers to social ineptness without meaningful impairment

Isn't social awkwardness sort of inherently impairing in social relationships?

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1. lapcat ◴[06 Dec 25 13:51 UTC] No.46173362[source]▶
> Isn't social awkwardness sort of inherently impairing in social relationships?

Yes, but I think the distinction is explained in the article: "show significant improvement with practice and maturity" and "generally achieve life goals despite awkwardness".

To put it another way, those who are socially awkward can get better, whereas some of the other diagnoses are lifetime impairments with little or no possibility for improvement or cure.