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Forum: The Haven Topic: How do you get professionals to take you seriously? |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2022, 7:24 pm
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| Yeah it sounds like a good deal of symptoms, if you feel like it’s worth it I’d recommend searching for someone in your area that can evaluate you. It’ll probably have to be a specialist in adult women with autism though, many psychologists will dismiss you just for being a 60-year old woman with a ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: How do you get professionals to take you seriously? |
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Posted: 14 Mar 2022, 6:37 pm
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| Hey. First off I want to say that I’m not sure getting an autism diagnosis would help you with your mast cell issue, but it would probably help you manage your life if you are having any difficulties due to your autism symptoms. That’s why I got a neuropsych eval at age 20. I too was told by my ther... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Need advice about aspie girl I am likely going to date |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2022, 3:46 am
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Replies: 4
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| I’d like to begin by saying that I’m supposedly an aspie myself (I was diagnosed), although I personally believe that I was misdiagnosed. If I am legitimately on the spectrum, then I am so good at masking that I can pretty much navigate any social situation. Very few people believe my diagnosis is l... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people ever refuse to believe that you’re on the spectrum |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2021, 10:22 pm
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Replies: 14
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| Have you considered that your friend might actually be on the spectrum himself and not know? He will very likely have a wrong concept of what autism is like I once did? (Which is why when I have had so many people say I was on the spectrum but I thought they were pranking me or mistaken and I refus... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people ever refuse to believe that you’re on the spectrum |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2021, 10:20 pm
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| A lot of folk know virtually nothing about the A u t i s m S p e c t r u m . They may have heard of the movie Rain Man and maybe have had indirect exposure to someone with severe Autism symptoms. For instance, I used to be that ignorant of A u t i s m S p e c t r u m D i s o r d e r s . As rece... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do people ever refuse to believe that you’re on the spectrum |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2021, 4:41 pm
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| My mom had a student with dyslexia and ADHD when I was little who she befriended and ended up hanging out with outside of school a lot. As a result, he saw me a number of times when I was younger, but hasn’t seen me since I was 11. I’m 21 now, and got diagnosed with ASD when I was 20. My mom was spe... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don’t think I’m on the spectrum, what do you guys think? |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2021, 5:48 am
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Replies: 33
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magz wrote: Do you need a label or self-understanding?
Not sure, but I’d lean towards self-understanding.
I’ve been told that I seem obsessed with finding a label for myself, maybe that’s because I don’t really know who I am. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don’t think I’m on the spectrum, what do you guys think? |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2021, 5:13 am
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Replies: 33
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| I was having a really hard time managing my life and wanted a complete neuropsych eval to see what was wrong. Are you sure managing time was the only reason for a neuropsych eval? Not just managing time, I was not doing well in school, was aimless and unmotivated in life, in my room most of the tim... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don’t think I’m on the spectrum, what do you guys think? |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2021, 3:40 am
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Replies: 33
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| I was having a really hard time managing my life and wanted a complete neuropsych eval to see what was wrong. Are you sure managing time was the only reason for a neuropsych eval? Not just managing time, I was not doing well in school, was aimless and unmotivated in life, in my room most of the tim... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don’t think I’m on the spectrum, what do you guys think? |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2021, 2:30 am
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Replies: 33
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| @ OP Take a step back and ask yourself why you got an assessment? That might answer your question. I was having a really hard time managing my life and wanted a complete neuropsych eval to see what was wrong. That was a few years after I began to have a mental break, and they did diagnose me with p... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: How would you describe yourself, if asked? |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2021, 1:28 am
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Replies: 9
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| Like in terms of your personality, how you act, etc. Describe yourself as if you were a character. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: In the simplest terms, what does autism mean to you? |
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Posted: 11 Sep 2021, 12:48 am
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Replies: 16
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| I’ve thought about this a lot before. Being so weird you’re disabled General craziness Being outside the hive mind (extreme individualism) In all actuality, though, I don’t think autism is anything in particular. I think it’s a collection of traits, most of which are just extreme versions of normal ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don’t think I’m on the spectrum, what do you guys think? |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2021, 10:54 am
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Replies: 33
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| Does it matter? Perhaps you've been putting too much emphasis on the label instead of just living your life and enjoying who you are. Stop worrying about whether or not you're an aspie and just do what you want. I've found that my lack of caring about what other people think of me has let me be fre... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don’t think I’m on the spectrum, what do you guys think? |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2021, 2:30 am
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Replies: 33
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| If something isn't a problem why do you feel you need to be diagnosed? You can be different without being disabled or having a label I was diagnosed, and I did and still do have problems because of the symptoms. It’s just that the social symptoms don’t quite add up imo, although I def had a difficu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don’t think I’m on the spectrum, what do you guys think? |
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Posted: 10 Sep 2021, 2:22 am
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Replies: 33
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| I’ve obsessed over whether or not I’m on the spectrum for almost three years now. I was diagnosed about a year ago, but I am starting to really believe that I was misdiagnosed. Many of my friends and family members agree and say that I don’t seem autistic in the slightest. Others say I seem very cle... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Implications of an uneven IQ profile |
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Posted: 15 Jun 2021, 9:38 pm
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Replies: 18
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| The only proctored test I remember doing was in 1972. When I was 15. I was never told the result. I tried to get it decades later, but it wasn't available. There were these remarks from my father last year: Incidentally, your intelligence tests as a child tended to come out around the 150 level. I ... |
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