I should have said not having any symptoms of a disease.
Just because some people have trained themselves to function day to day they still may be on the autism spectrum. One can train oneself not to present those traits but still be on the autism spectrum.
I am trying to say and not very well is that the encephalopathy is a symptom and the autism is not. One is symptomatic and one is not.
So I agree with UT. The symptoms of encephalopathy can be treated but autism in itself is not a treatable disease. Autism isn't a symptom so it is not a disease referring what you said here:
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It's also important to understand that encephalopathy is an incredibly broad term that really just means some kind of neurological dysfunction.
Autism, epilepsy,
and a host of other diseases all fall under the encephalopathy umbrella. [/quote]
ps. I'm tired so lets just agree to disagree.
-peace