What’s the difference between being austistic and just being socially awkward?
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Autism has three major components for its diagnosis. It is a neurodivergent condition. It requires someone with specific knowledge and training to identify it.
Being socially awkward is … subjective. It’s not a medical or scientific term (we could operationally define it but the word used in many clinics in this case is “atypical”). There could be some overlap in these two things: someone with autism *could be considered* socially awkward. But someone who is “just” socially awkward (remember, this is a subjective view) doesn’t necessarily have autism.
You really are asking about two different things here.
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