I’ve come to know a number of people who show lots of neurodivergent traits but who aren’t necessarily autistic or otherwise neurodivergent, or are but only just cross the border. Do we have specific terms, research, or anything towards these types of people. I know at one point there was the term BAP (Broad Autism Phenotype), but this sounds very clinical. It’s also personally been unusual to deal with as I can’t really treat them like I would any other autistic person, or like a neurotypical.
I am diagnosed with autism but also exhibit several SPD symptoms. I still wonder if I should try to get an official diagnosis for it, but probably I’m just about on the border of SPD.
It’s a shame they get mixed up and misdiagnosed as each other as they’re not really that similar under the hood.