#selfdiagnosis — Public Fediverse posts

This post <https://pixelfed.social/p/stuffifound/844831816028127142> possibly helped me do some self-diagnosis as suggested by @alice in their recently updated blog, <https://codeberg.org/alicewatson/asd-self-dx.git> via <https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/110788887452809618>, also a good read.

@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Barefooter #Poly #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid

This post <https://pixelfed.social/p/stuffifound/844831816028127142> possibly helped me do some self-diagnosis as suggested by @alice in their recently updated blog, <https://codeberg.org/alicewatson/asd-self-dx.git> via <https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/110788887452809618>, also a good read.

@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Barefooter #Poly #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid

This post <https://pixelfed.social/p/stuffifound/844831816028127142> possibly helped me do some self-diagnosis as suggested by @alice in their recently updated blog, <https://codeberg.org/alicewatson/asd-self-dx.git> via <https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/110788887452809618>, also a good read.

@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Barefooter #Poly #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid

This post <https://pixelfed.social/p/stuffifound/844831816028127142> possibly helped me do some self-diagnosis as suggested by @alice in their recently updated blog, <https://codeberg.org/alicewatson/asd-self-dx.git> via <https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/110788887452809618>, also a good read.

@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Barefooter #Poly #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid

This post <https://pixelfed.social/p/stuffifound/844831816028127142> possibly helped me do some self-diagnosis as suggested by @alice in their recently updated blog, <https://codeberg.org/alicewatson/asd-self-dx.git> via <https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/110788887452809618>, also a good read.

@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Barefooter #Poly #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid

> The foreword to the landmark 1980 DSM-III was appropriately modest and acknowledged that this diagnostic system was imprecise - so imprecise that it never should be used for forensic or insurance purposes. As we will see, that modesty was tragically short-lived.
- The Body Keeps the Score (p. 33) by Bessel Van der Kolk

WHAT THE FUCK?! EXCUSE ME?! THE DSM DID _WHAT_?!

And yet here we are. LOLOLOLOLOL

If I come across anyone who invalidates self-diagnosis again then I'm gonna smack them with this quote so hard that they get knocked out of our solar system. -Vox

#neurodivergent #DSM #psychology #psychiatry #diagnosis #selfDiagnosis #ADHD #actuallyADHD #autism #autistic #actuallyAutistic #AuDHD #actuallyAuDHD #plural #plurality #actuallyPlural @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd @actuallyaudhd

> The foreword to the landmark 1980 DSM-III was appropriately modest and acknowledged that this diagnostic system was imprecise - so imprecise that it never should be used for forensic or insurance purposes. As we will see, that modesty was tragically short-lived.
- The Body Keeps the Score (p. 33) by Bessel Van der Kolk

WHAT THE FUCK?! EXCUSE ME?! THE DSM DID _WHAT_?!

And yet here we are. LOLOLOLOLOL

If I come across anyone who invalidates self-diagnosis again then I'm gonna smack them with this quote so hard that they get knocked out of our solar system. -Vox

#neurodivergent #DSM #psychology #psychiatry #diagnosis #selfDiagnosis #ADHD #actuallyADHD #autism #autistic #actuallyAutistic #AuDHD #actuallyAuDHD #plural #plurality #actuallyPlural @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd @actuallyaudhd

> The foreword to the landmark 1980 DSM-III was appropriately modest and acknowledged that this diagnostic system was imprecise - so imprecise that it never should be used for forensic or insurance purposes. As we will see, that modesty was tragically short-lived.
- The Body Keeps the Score (p. 33) by Bessel Van der Kolk

WHAT THE FUCK?! EXCUSE ME?! THE DSM DID _WHAT_?!

And yet here we are. LOLOLOLOLOL

If I come across anyone who invalidates self-diagnosis again then I'm gonna smack them with this quote so hard that they get knocked out of our solar system. -Vox

#neurodivergent #DSM #psychology #psychiatry #diagnosis #selfDiagnosis #ADHD #actuallyADHD #autism #autistic #actuallyAutistic #AuDHD #actuallyAuDHD #plural #plurality #actuallyPlural @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd @actuallyaudhd

> The foreword to the landmark 1980 DSM-III was appropriately modest and acknowledged that this diagnostic system was imprecise - so imprecise that it never should be used for forensic or insurance purposes. As we will see, that modesty was tragically short-lived.
- The Body Keeps the Score (p. 33) by Bessel Van der Kolk

WHAT THE FUCK?! EXCUSE ME?! THE DSM DID _WHAT_?!

And yet here we are. LOLOLOLOLOL

If I come across anyone who invalidates self-diagnosis again then I'm gonna smack them with this quote so hard that they get knocked out of our solar system. -Vox

#neurodivergent #DSM #psychology #psychiatry #diagnosis #selfDiagnosis #ADHD #actuallyADHD #autism #autistic #actuallyAutistic #AuDHD #actuallyAuDHD #plural #plurality #actuallyPlural @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd @actuallyaudhd

> The foreword to the landmark 1980 DSM-III was appropriately modest and acknowledged that this diagnostic system was imprecise - so imprecise that it never should be used for forensic or insurance purposes. As we will see, that modesty was tragically short-lived.
- The Body Keeps the Score (p. 33) by Bessel Van der Kolk

WHAT THE FUCK?! EXCUSE ME?! THE DSM DID _WHAT_?!

And yet here we are. LOLOLOLOLOL

If I come across anyone who invalidates self-diagnosis again then I'm gonna smack them with this quote so hard that they get knocked out of our solar system. -Vox

#neurodivergent #DSM #psychology #psychiatry #diagnosis #selfDiagnosis #ADHD #actuallyADHD #autism #autistic #actuallyAutistic #AuDHD #actuallyAuDHD #plural #plurality #actuallyPlural @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd @actuallyaudhd

@alice @actuallyautistic

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Trans #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid #Research #Codeberg

And well, there's like a very persistent pattern in all these self assessment test results 😅
Not as high as yours, but still in the "yes, lol" side of things

@alice @actuallyautistic

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Trans #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid #Research #Codeberg

And well, there's like a very persistent pattern in all these self assessment test results 😅
Not as high as yours, but still in the "yes, lol" side of things

@alice @actuallyautistic

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Trans #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid #Research #Codeberg

And well, there's like a very persistent pattern in all these self assessment test results 😅
Not as high as yours, but still in the "yes, lol" side of things

@alice @actuallyautistic

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Trans #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid #Research #Codeberg

And well, there's like a very persistent pattern in all these self assessment test results 😅
Not as high as yours, but still in the "yes, lol" side of things

@alice @actuallyautistic

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Trans #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid #Research #Codeberg

And well, there's like a very persistent pattern in all these self assessment test results 😅
Not as high as yours, but still in the "yes, lol" side of things

@alice @actuallyautistic @aral

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Trans #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid #Research #Codeberg

Thank you so much for these resources.

@alice @actuallyautistic @aral

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Trans #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid #Research #Codeberg

Thank you so much for these resources.

@alice @actuallyautistic @aral

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Trans #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid #Research #Codeberg

Thank you so much for these resources.

@alice @actuallyautistic @aral

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Trans #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid #Research #Codeberg

Thank you so much for these resources.

@alice @actuallyautistic @aral

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Trans #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid #Research #Codeberg

Thank you so much for these resources.

Keir Starmer makes the most ridiculous comment ever.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=oAC3-1TJrSE&si=psEw_QM1QPAOmTwY

#InternalBleeding
#SelfTesting
#SelfDiagnosis
#Starmer
#Labour
#NHS
#GPs
#Hospital
#SelfReferral
#SkipTheGP
#Streeting
#ProfessorBanfield
#Ambulance
#FundingCuts
#Investment
#StaffShortage

Keir Starmer makes the most ridiculous comment ever.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=oAC3-1TJrSE&si=psEw_QM1QPAOmTwY

#InternalBleeding
#SelfTesting
#SelfDiagnosis
#Starmer
#Labour
#NHS
#GPs
#Hospital
#SelfReferral
#SkipTheGP
#Streeting
#ProfessorBanfield
#Ambulance
#FundingCuts
#Investment
#StaffShortage

Keir Starmer makes the most ridiculous comment ever.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=oAC3-1TJrSE&si=psEw_QM1QPAOmTwY

#InternalBleeding
#SelfTesting
#SelfDiagnosis
#Starmer
#Labour
#NHS
#GPs
#Hospital
#SelfReferral
#SkipTheGP
#Streeting
#ProfessorBanfield
#Ambulance
#FundingCuts
#Investment
#StaffShortage

Keir Starmer makes the most ridiculous comment ever.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=oAC3-1TJrSE&si=psEw_QM1QPAOmTwY

#InternalBleeding
#SelfTesting
#SelfDiagnosis
#Starmer
#Labour
#NHS
#GPs
#Hospital
#SelfReferral
#SkipTheGP
#Streeting
#ProfessorBanfield
#Ambulance
#FundingCuts
#Investment
#StaffShortage

Keir Starmer makes the most ridiculous comment ever.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=oAC3-1TJrSE&si=psEw_QM1QPAOmTwY

#InternalBleeding
#SelfTesting
#SelfDiagnosis
#Starmer
#Labour
#NHS
#GPs
#Hospital
#SelfReferral
#SkipTheGP
#Streeting
#ProfessorBanfield
#Ambulance
#FundingCuts
#Investment
#StaffShortage

****DISCLAIMER****

This article is not about ‘Self Diagnosed’ Autistics. This article uses autism and neurotypical as a subject to look at identity politics as a whole.

The Self Diagnosers demographic is made up of Neurotypical people, Autistic people and People with Other Neurodiversities. The only self diagnosers that could be included in the following scenarios are the ones who are neurotypical, the rest do not fit the scenerios.

Identity vs Lived Reality

This article provides 3 thought-provoking scenarios that highlight certain situations when chosen identities are no longer a personal, neutral act, but cause a ripple effect throughout the demographic being identified into.

Ramifications of Identity Politics

These are fictionalised scenerios made up to inspire philosophical questioning and encourage critical thinking about ideas. The scenarios can be applied to any other scenario, such as: a white person identifying as black, an able bodied person identifying as physically disabled, a male identifying as a female. Consider these as you read.

Being autistic is a neurological fact

Being autistic is a neurological fact for me. I haven’t chosen the ‘identity’. It isn’t an identity at all, it’s a lived reality. I was born this way. I was created this way in the womb. No matter what environment I was born into, no matter what life experiences or support or understanding I could ever have recieved could change the very real, immutable fact of reality, that I am an Autistic person. My brain is and always has been an autistic brain. I cannot turn this off. I do not exist without my autism. There isn’t a cure, there isn’t an off switch, there are no times when I’m not autistic. Autism isn’t something I have, it is what I am and it is inescapable. I do not have any ability to opt in or out of this. You either are or you aren’t. I can never, ever be a neurotypical person. 

I can never be a neurotypical person

Now, I would like to put forward 3 scenarios as a way of looking at potential problems with ‘Chosen Identities’ vs Lived Reality.

Neurotypicals identifying as autistic

Scenario 1

Skewed data

The Autism DSM-5 is changing and being redone. Professionals are conducting new research into autism and how it presents and affects our lives and they are asking for autistic people to come forward to take part in the research and be part of the change in the new assessments process. This will change the criteria for diagnosis. What information goes into this research will change how autistic people are perceived and assessed, what is looked for in the person and whether they will fit the new criteria of autism, resulting in either getting a diagnosis or not getting a diagnosis for future generations. This will form the definition of Autism.

• Neurotypical people who identify as autistic are putting themselves forward to be included in the research
• They believe “Everybody is a little autistic” and that it is bigotry to tell them they are neurotypical
• Can the researchers refuse neurotypicals who identify as autistic from the research because it will skew the results?
• What are the pro’s and con’s of allowing this?
• Who gets to decide if this is acceptable, autistic people or neurotypicals who identify as autistic? Who’s voice is important here? 
• You were told that the professional interviewing you will also be autistic, but you find out they are a  neurotypical person who identifies as autistic.
• How important is it that the neurotypical interviewer feels validated in their perceived autistic identity during your autism assessment? 
• How do you navigate this whilst taking human rights and people’s feelings into account?
• Can you justifiably exclude?
• What grounds do you exclude on? Actually autistic vs people who identify as autistic?
• Is it offensive to identify as disabled? (If so, is it offensive to identify as anything else you are not in reality?)

Scenario 2

Autistic accommodations

A company is expanding and promising to be inclusive in hiring. They are holding interviews specifically for autistic people where there are adjustments made for the autistic people being interviewed to give them the opportunity to be authentically autistic and have their needs met so they can show their suitability for the job. 

They promise to hire an autistic person for the role and make reasonable adjustments for them in their new job.

Unemployment rates for autistic people are shocking, so this was designed to aid autistic people with getting employed and into jobs that are designed to accommodate them.

The interviewer will also be autistic so as to help the autistic person being interviewed feel more at ease and understood

• When at the interview you find out the person interviewing you is a neurotypical person who identifies as autistic
• Neurotypicals who identify as autistic are putting themselves forward for the job
• People who identify as autistic claim it is bigotry to tell them they are not really autistic, they don’t believe neurological reality is more important than chosen identity
• Do the actually autistic people stand a fair chance? 
• At what point did the fairness of opportunity change? 
• Is it acceptable for reasons of fairness to exclude neurotypicals here?
• Is it bigoted to say they aren’t ‘really autistic people’?
• Does Neurological Reality matter?
• How would you feel if a neurotypical filled the job position and no autistic person received a job?

Scenario 3

Safe spaces

There is an autism support/social/dating group

A group has been made for autistic people to find and connect with other fellow autistic people where they may feel more comfortable and understood. They may have been struggling to feel understood and accepted by neurotypicals in the past and so joined a group that ensures they will be in company of other autistic people. This could help them feel safe, secure and dignified. 

• The group becomes inclusive of neurotypicals who identify as autistic
• The group becomes full of neurotypicals who identify as autistic
• Autistic users of the service are starting to feel less accepted and are uncomfortable and don’t feel it is an autism group anymore
• Do the autistics have more say, equal say or less say?
• The neurotypicals who identify as autistic feel offended by the actually autistic people not accepting their identity and say they are not going to tolerate their viewpoints and demand to be respected and validated as ‘autistic’ people
• Actually autistic people are becoming upset that the neurotypicals who identify as autistic don’t know the lived reality of being an autistic person
• The autistic people feel their experience is invalidated because the neurotypical people are able to ‘turn their autism identity off’ when it suits them, like during interviews, in the workplace, at school, when organising their lives, when functioning in society, within relationships, with sensory processing, and communicating and feel that they do not need this community group as much as real autistic people who are genuinely suffering and needing these designated services and need an escape from the neurotypical world
• Is identifying as an autistic person the same as the lived reality of being an autistic person?
• Who is being offensive here?
• Who do we owe the respect to in this situation?
• Who can be excluded from the group, and why?
• Does a feeling of identity trump neurological reality?

How does reading this make you feel?

Can any identity be adopted or can it sometimes not be justifiable when you take into account the effects it can have on the people whose identity you are adopting?

Where do we draw the line?

Does it just come down to politeness and respect of people’s expressions of themselves? Or can someone’s expression of an identity have consequences for others?

Are there times when it is necessary to admit someone’s expressed identity is not reality? 

Changing laws and policies to place chosen identities above neurological/biological realities can have dire consequences.

Most people will be polite and refer to you as you wish, most people will accept you as you wish to express yourself. But we do actually know the difference, we just don’t say it because we don’t want to cause any offense or undue upset. 

But when there are changes made to policies and laws that say you must affirm these identities, it is no longer harmless. As soon as it’s enforced, rights are lost.

Identities are important for many reasons and should not be eroded to make room for people who are not part of that identity.

It isn’t disrespectful to say this, but it is disrespectful to the people whose identities are being eroded to accommodate others at their own disadvantage. How is this inclusive? 

How can you protect what you can’t define?

The only way we can create policies and laws for people is by being able to DEFINE people. If there is no definition of an autistic person, how can we understand them? If there is no definition of a woman, how can we protect her? If there is no definition of a disability how can we accommodate them?

If people are branded hateful for stating truths then what kind of society are we creating?

Neurodiversity Movement v Gender Ideology Movement

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#actuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic #gender #GenderCritical #GenderCriticalAutistics #GenderDebate #GenderIdeology #identity #identityPolitics #SelfDiagnosis #SelfID

@actuallyautistic #actuallyautistic

#substack is problematic but #DevonPrice, author of the book #UnmaskingAutism has a new article up today about #selfidentification #selfrealization #selfdiagnosis #selfdx

Self-Identification is the Future of Autism Assessment

Substack: https://drdevonprice.substack.com/p/self-identification-is-the-future

Medium: https://medium.com/@devonprice/self-identification-is-the-future-of-autism-assessment-1e73528e8b10?sk=v2%2F1e5b26bb-63bd-4c99-8e0f-a25e527f49cb

@actuallyautistic #actuallyautistic

#substack is problematic but #DevonPrice, author of the book #UnmaskingAutism has a new article up today about #selfidentification #selfrealization #selfdiagnosis #selfdx

Self-Identification is the Future of Autism Assessment

Substack: https://drdevonprice.substack.com/p/self-identification-is-the-future

Medium: https://medium.com/@devonprice/self-identification-is-the-future-of-autism-assessment-1e73528e8b10?sk=v2%2F1e5b26bb-63bd-4c99-8e0f-a25e527f49cb

@actuallyautistic #actuallyautistic

#substack is problematic but #DevonPrice, author of the book #UnmaskingAutism has a new article up today about #selfidentification #selfrealization #selfdiagnosis #selfdx

Self-Identification is the Future of Autism Assessment

Substack: https://drdevonprice.substack.com/p/self-identification-is-the-future

Medium: https://medium.com/@devonprice/self-identification-is-the-future-of-autism-assessment-1e73528e8b10?sk=v2%2F1e5b26bb-63bd-4c99-8e0f-a25e527f49cb

@actuallyautistic #actuallyautistic

#substack is problematic but #DevonPrice, author of the book #UnmaskingAutism has a new article up today about #selfidentification #selfrealization #selfdiagnosis #selfdx

Self-Identification is the Future of Autism Assessment

Substack: https://drdevonprice.substack.com/p/self-identification-is-the-future

Medium: https://medium.com/@devonprice/self-identification-is-the-future-of-autism-assessment-1e73528e8b10?sk=v2%2F1e5b26bb-63bd-4c99-8e0f-a25e527f49cb

@actuallyautistic #actuallyautistic

#substack is problematic but #DevonPrice, author of the book #UnmaskingAutism has a new article up today about #selfidentification #selfrealization #selfdiagnosis #selfdx

Self-Identification is the Future of Autism Assessment

Substack: https://drdevonprice.substack.com/p/self-identification-is-the-future

Medium: https://medium.com/@devonprice/self-identification-is-the-future-of-autism-assessment-1e73528e8b10?sk=v2%2F1e5b26bb-63bd-4c99-8e0f-a25e527f49cb

Is autism self-diagnosis valid? Yep. 💜

Hey all, after reading dozens of research papers, and meta-analyses, and living through it, I made a thing!

I'd love it if you'd check it out! 🥰

https://codeberg.org/alicewatson/asd-self-dx/src/branch/main

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Update: I replaced the header image, now people can complain about the actual research instead of the thumbnail.

Also, before any more guys respond with gatekeepy opinions about my conclusions, try reading the paper first.

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@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Trans #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid #Research #Codeberg

Is autism self-diagnosis valid? Yep. 💜

Hey all, after reading dozens of research papers, and meta-analyses, and living through it, I made a thing!

I'd love it if you'd check it out! 🥰

https://codeberg.org/alicewatson/asd-self-dx/src/branch/main

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Update: I replaced the header image, now people can complain about the actual research instead of the thumbnail.

Also, before any more guys respond with gatekeepy opinions about my conclusions, try reading the paper first.

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@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Trans #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid #Research #Codeberg

Is autism self-diagnosis valid? Yep. 💜

Hey all, after reading dozens of research papers, and meta-analyses, and living through it, I made a thing!

I'd love it if you'd check it out! 🥰

https://codeberg.org/alicewatson/asd-self-dx/src/branch/main

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Update: I replaced the header image, now people can complain about the actual research instead of the thumbnail.

Also, before any more guys respond with gatekeepy opinions about my conclusions, try reading the paper first.

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@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Trans #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid #Research #Codeberg

Is autism self-diagnosis valid? Yep. 💜

Hey all, after reading dozens of research papers, and meta-analyses, and living through it, I made a thing!

I'd love it if you'd check it out! 🥰

https://codeberg.org/alicewatson/asd-self-dx/src/branch/main

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Update: I replaced the header image, now people can complain about the actual research instead of the thumbnail.

Also, before any more guys respond with gatekeepy opinions about my conclusions, try reading the paper first.

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@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Trans #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid #Research #Codeberg

Is autism self-diagnosis valid? Yep. 💜

Hey all, after reading dozens of research papers, and meta-analyses, and living through it, I made a thing!

I'd love it if you'd check it out! 🥰

https://codeberg.org/alicewatson/asd-self-dx/src/branch/main

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Update: I replaced the header image, now people can complain about the actual research instead of the thumbnail.

Also, before any more guys respond with gatekeepy opinions about my conclusions, try reading the paper first.

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@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #Trans #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDX #SelfDxIsValid #Research #Codeberg

#introduction I'm an #autistic man that has never been formally #diagnosed as autistic. I discovered that I was probably on the spectrum a few months ago. I believe that it is my #cancer that altered my #brain in such a way that I am less able to #mask now. I am now reflecting upon my life and reevaluating everything. The signs were there but I was just very good at masking, and I think even without the masking I'm the type of autistic person who does not need a lot of mental health support to have a decent life.

I've created a #substack to publish my #ruminations about my life, what it means to self-diagnose late in life, and other topics related to autism. (See my profile.) My cancer left me #disabled. My articles are free for now, but some of them will eventually be behind a #paywall.

I've written on #Mastodon under a different account, but I want to segregate my ruminations about autism from the rest.

☮️

#ActuallyAutistic #SelfDiagnosis

Have my Computed Tomography images and they say they are not for diagnostic purposes but Google Doctor has got me this far so I'm on it!
#ComputedTomography #KidneyStones #GoogleDoctor #SelfDiagnosis #IGotThis

Why it's essential for healthcare professionals to listen to their patients' self-diagnosis

As healthcare professionals, it's important to remember that almost all patients come to us with their own self-diagnosis.

Mary O’Connor is an orthopedic surgeon.

https://youtube.com/shorts/AtqZOYc6Trk

Listen here: https://kevinmd.com/podcast

#healthcare #patientcare #clinicalencounter #selfdiagnosis #communication #teamwork #doctor #nurse #medicine #patientadvocacy #patientempathy #patienteducation #health literacy

@LemonsToMagic Know you are welcome here!

Our #ActuallyAutistic Community is not into #GateKeeping

We accept #SelfDiagnosis and if our community resonates with you, if you feel that being #Autistic would answer your questions, if, as you say, you feel 'at home', then chances are, you're #OneOfUs ! 💗

#AutisticIdentification #SelfIdentify

@jonatin @qlp Completely agree with @jonatin We support #selfdiagnosis or #selfidentification as it is also known; an official diagnosis is not necessary to identify with us.

If the #ActuallyAutistic community resonates with you, if it feels like the answer to your questions; then Welcome!

There are many people on the edge, not sure where they fit, do they have the right to join in? Yes, they absolutely do!

No-one will ask you for your diagnosis credentials 💗

#OneOfUs #AutisticCommunity