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DacoTaco@lemmy.world 3 days ago^ this.
The same applies for ad(h)d and a few others. You can have ad(h)d without being on the asd spectrum but they often coincide.
Its a spectrum for crying out loud, a collection of sympthoms in a varying degree of severity. Because its a collection, which btw you need to have several in a specific degree to get asd diagnosed, it means that the sympthoms can coincide with other diagnoses.
Its like being overweight, which can come from being diabetes ( type 1 i think?) or from having a slow working thyroid or even from having a bad diet.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Indeed.
But even beyond your point, mine is that hikikomori is a symptom, not a diagnosis.
Basically, saying “he’s not autistic, he’s just a hikikomori” is like saying “he’s not autistic, he’s just shy”.
One has nothing to do with the other, except when it does, and it’s possible to be both, or either.