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Originally Posted by Spark1223
Autism is a spectrum as I understand it. Everyone MAY have some varying degree of it. I personally believe that ASPD is actually a form of Autism. People don't like to look at it that way because they think that people with ASPD are monsters. I think they are similar and may be on the same spectrum.
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I am not really sure how ASPD and Autism are necessarily comparable, except that sometimes people with autism might come off as being rude or 'cold' without meaning to...from what I understand people with ASPD really don't concern themselves with how they effect others or if they upset anyone, seems a lot of people with autism will worry to an extreme about doing the wrong thing or coming off the wrong way and causing anyone any trouble.
Though some with autism become more spiteful and might develop more of an actual 'mean streak' you could say as a defense mechanism...but another issue is Personality disorders usually are not something one is born with, they are developed unlike autism...so even if there is overlap of symptoms of ASPD and Autism don't really see how they could be the same spectrum of disorder.