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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: I'm reading "Unmasking Autism" by Devon Price

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Posted: 30 Jun 2023, 3:00 pm 

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Unfortunately, because Autism is so singularly portrayed as a disorder that makes you cold and robotic, outgoing Autistics are seldom correctly identified and diagnosed as kids. Teachers and parents think of them as chatty social butterflies, or disruptive class clowns. People may even come to view...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: I'm reading "Unmasking Autism" by Devon Price

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Posted: 30 Jun 2023, 12:43 pm 

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Sometimes assessors decide to give adults labels they view as less stigmatizing, such as nonverbal learning disorder, rather than identifying them as Autistic explicitly. My jaw literally dropped. I was assessed when I was 13 and labeled with nonverbal learning disorder. My assessor told my parents...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: I'm reading "Unmasking Autism" by Devon Price

robot_interlocutor
Posted: 30 Jun 2023, 12:38 pm 

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I believed something was fundamentally wrong with me. I seemed to be broken in ways I couldn’t explain, but which everyone else could see at a glance. Most of us are haunted by the sense there’s something “wrong” or “missing” in our lives I spent so much time reading the DSM IV and DSM 5 late at ni...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: I'm reading "Unmasking Autism" by Devon Price

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Posted: 30 Jun 2023, 12:33 pm 

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I'm connecting with the book so much. I'm just gonna post quotes that are hitting me hard.

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Hi

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 Post subject: Hi
Posted: 28 Jun 2023, 1:24 pm 

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TL;DR: I'm an adult who was (preliminarily) diagnosed with ASD yesterday. Hi So here's the story: my girlfriend had been trying to get me to get tested for ADHD for over a year because I fidget constantly, have trouble paying attention to conversations, am impulsive, etc. I finally broached the subj...
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