@Rainmaker1973 Depends on what one means by proficiency or skill. Interpreting smoke signals is a great skill but not much in use since the advent of the phone. The value of a skill is not proportional to the time and effort needed to acquire that skill.
@BlackshepSusan Why did these people get into psych treatment if they did not need it? May be, their real problem is the stupidity that made them enter treatments they did not need in the first place
@NassirGhaemi Mental health issue does not stop being a problem just because we do not consider it a biochemical problem. The behavior will still be a problem because it impairs functioning or causes distress and needs correction. Currently biochemical approach seems better than other ways.
@GeneralMCNews Autistic features are not a disease but a spectrum that exists in nature. Like a personโs height or IQ or athletic ability. When the autistic features are more intense, and impair functional ability, we see them as undesirable, label it a disease and look for causes and cures.