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Tag: self-diagnosis

Notes From my Autism Diagnosis

February 16, 2022
Autism, evaluation, diagnosis, Autistic

As a Valentine’s Day gift to myself on day four of our family having COVID, I set aside a few hours of self-care in the form of getting an Autism…

posted in: Education
tagged with: Autism, Autistic, diagnosis, formal evaluation, self-diagnosis

Self-Identifying as Autistic

January 13, 2022
flowers, Philadelphia, arbor

A lot of folks reached out about how my post on self-identifying as Autistic resonated with them. I support self-identification fully, and after weighing the pros and cons, I decided…

posted in: Education
tagged with: adult, Autistic, self-diagnosis, self-identifying

On Being Autistic

December 2, 2021
being Autistic

Tears dropped onto my lap as I took test after test, each one saying the same thing. “You have a strong likelihood of Autism.” In that blue light of my…

posted in: Education
tagged with: adult, Autism, Autistic, late diagnosis, self-diagnosis, self-discovery

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