So, for a while now, after hearing a bunch of #ActuallyAutistic individuals talking about their experiences, I've been asserting that I wouldn't be shocked to learn that I was on the autistic spectrum.
Today, for shits and giggles, I decided to take the AQ and RAADS-R tests, and scored "very strong alignment with autistic traits" on both. While I'm not shocked to learn this, I have to admit, I didn't expect to score that high.
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •Luke Kanies
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I found these links incredibly helpful when I was going through the same journey:
This link is a general description of what it might mean if you find you are autistic, with emphasis on how it can be tranformatively positive. I know for me it was the greatest gift of the last 7 years or so.
coda.io/@mykola-bilokonsky/pub…
This reframes the DSM diagnosis from external, and kind of crappy, diagnostic framing to instead how someone might directly experience any of the main criteria.
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This should not be such a good link, but it's so great honestly I think everyone should read it. I learned a ton of words about how to talk about myself, and found it super helpful. I also sent it to our therapist (who has no experience working explicitly with autistic people, so I'm slowly training her).
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There is no autism epidemic:
neurodivergentinsights.com/ris…
Is There Really an Autism Epidemic? Understanding the Rise in Diagnoses with Historical and Human Context
Dr. Megan Anna Neff (Neurodivergent Insights)Shantell Powell
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in reply to AudhdDespiteNoisyAbleism 🇨🇦 • • •Yup.