zen_mistress wrote:
Who_Am_I wrote:
No, I haven't. All the groups that I know of around where I live require an official diagnosis to join, and I can't afford to get diagnosed, and even if I could, the whole process of obtaining a referral and actually going to get diagnosed is too overwhelming for my brain to handle at the moment.
Fascists! Anyone should be allowed to join an aspie group regardless of whether they have a "official certificate."
I dont really want to do all those tests either, and I can think of so many great things to do with $500 other than get assessed...

Id like a new Sony Ericsson cellphone for example.
I don't know... I don't really see it as a bad thing for the groups to want to have some official proof that people joining really do have AS.
I have a Christmas fund which I can only access at the end of the year; I could probably use some of that to get diagnosed, after I buy what I was planning to buy with it (a chalumeau, which is the forerunner of the clarinet, which is my main instrument). That won't make it any less overwhelming, though.
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