I might be autistic

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Hey I might be autistic. How do I know for sure?

The only way to know for sure is to get a professional diagnosis. But if you want, you can post some of your traits hereand we can let you know whether we think you have it.

My professors are always yelling at me even though I didn't do anything. And I almost got conduct charges for no reason. People come up to me and try to be my friend even though I don't need them for anything. I make art and I draw the same picture over and over again

I don't know why ppl think pro diagnosis (dx for short) will make you know 'for sure'. I have one, I was dxed by an autism and ADHD expert. He said it was 'quite clear' that I have ASD, but it wasn't his opinion that gave me confidence. rather, it was the research and thinking and writing I did beforehand, preparing for my assessment, trying to figure out whetehr the label fits.

as part of that process I made a 9 page document where I listed my traits with examples, the different sections organized according to core DSM criteria first, then several sections that go beyond clinical criteria.

if there is interest, i could share the doc on WP so that people questioning whether they are on the spectrum have a profile to refer to for comparison. naturally autistic people can present very differently but there are core traits supposedly common to us all that are necessary for a pro dx. whether these are themselves correct as criteria is a different question of course.