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mycorrhiza

@allenstenhaus @rysiek so many folks I know are getting Autism diagnoses in adulthood. I sometimes think there’s a good chance I’d get one too if I asked about it. I hope your diagnosis is serving you to understand and appreciate yourself better!

8 Nov 2022 at 5:16 | Wall-to-wall | Open on post.lurk.org
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@mycorrhiza @rysiek The confirmation has sure made all the difference. Once I can pay the bill, I get the official report. Should allow me to get some accommodations at a job so I can stop doing DoorDash. My medical issues & medications treating them are making it harder to drive. I need to get off the road for everyone's safety.

8 Nov 2022 at 5:45 | Open on mastodon.xyz
mycorrhiza

@allenstenhaus @rysiek I hope you get all the support and accommodation you deserve very soon.

8 Nov 2022 at 16:51 | Open on post.lurk.org
Ashley (she/they)

@allenstenhaus @rysiek @mycorrhiza wait until you learn about the autism / adhd overlap. Got diagnosed autistic at 19, it took me until nearly 30 to realize I’m displaying adhd traits too. Would never have figured that out without help from the neurodivergent crowd online

8 Nov 2022 at 7:47 | Open on mastodon.online
Petrichord

@AshCarnelian @allenstenhaus @rysiek @mycorrhiza

The fun part of that overlap is that they changed the terms like a decade ago and it caused confusion for everyone who was diagnosed before then. When I was growing up I had ADD, NOT ADHD as they were -so- insistent that they were different things. It took me until last year to be like "why am I not seeing anyone talk about ADD anymore" and learn that it was now just considered a variant of ADHD.

I'm very, very glad more people are getting diagnosed especially since they may not have had access to those resources when they were younger. It's also funny how we, as neurodivergent people, can oftentimes automatically just KNOW someone we meet is neurodivergent. At least definitely in the case of autistic people. I think that sense is stronger in people who were diagnosed young, but it also leads to awkward moments sometimes when you have friends who come to you and tell you they just got diagnosed as autistic and you go "Yeah I know. oh, you didn't realize that? I realized that when I met you." It's like spidey sense for NDs.

@AshCarnelian @allenstenhaus @rysiek @mycorrhiza

The fun part of that overlap is that they changed the terms like a decade ago and it caused confusion for everyone who was diagnosed before then. When I was growing up I had ADD, NOT ADHD as they were -so- insistent that they were different things. It took me until last year to be like "why am I not seeing anyone talk about ADD anymore" and learn that it was now just considered a variant of ADHD.

8 Nov 2022 at 14:05 | Open on octodon.social
Ashley (she/they)

@petrichord @allenstenhaus @rysiek @mycorrhiza In Sweden where I live they still insist on there being a difference between autism and "aspergers" - the latter of which is my official diagnosis and a term I completely reject.

8 Nov 2022 at 14:06 | Open on mastodon.online
Petrichord

@AshCarnelian @allenstenhaus @rysiek @mycorrhiza

That was also my diagnosis from like 2000. Now the DSM doesn't have that term anymore and I'm super glad for it. I get so tired of explaining to people that it's named after a nazi who practiced eugenics. But also it reinforces the problematic idea of functioning labels and being 'more' or 'less' autistic. Which makes it harder for those of us who have/had that diagnosis to get the support we need when we struggle.

8 Nov 2022 at 14:12 | Open on octodon.social
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