How To Get Diagnosed #ActuallyAutistic in Just 26 Years
2019-11-26
Every therapy, every diagnosis, every medication-- burnout, meltdowns, marriages, careers, shutdowns, and then there was clarity with a late diagnosis of autism.
A communal definition of autism
2019-10-11
Jorn Bettin, in collaboration with the autistic community, has come up with a communal definition of autism. We ask that you use the comment section below to let us know what ideas you have to improve this definition.
My Autism Diagnosis at Age 25
2019-09-29
I've always known that something was different about me. And not in the I’m-growing-up-and-everyone’s-weird kind of way, either. It’s also very possible — no, very probable — that the people close to me picked up on it, too.
Is It Trauma or Autism? Or Both?
2019-07-25
Being diagnosed with PTSD was one of the most validating things I’ve ever experienced. Not only did it lead me down a path of healing, it helped me to discover my autism.
Learning that I had PTSD was the first
The Failings of the Mental Health System for Autistic Women
2019-06-23
Women are often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed, and it has potentially-fatal consequences for autistic adults who are told that they have a cluster of mental illnesses instead of a neurological condition.
Life after autism diagnosis – what next?
2019-06-14
The five months since I was “officially” diagnosed with autism have been a whirlwind of discovery, namely finding other autistic women like me, and finding out so much more about myself– the small parts of my internal life that until
Autistic Spectroscopy: Exploring what the “spectrum” means
2019-06-09
What it means to be autistic and how the spectrum is often misunderstood-- an analogy from a science teacher.
“Your Child May be Neurotypical:” A Journey to Diagnosis
2019-05-20
What if autistics were the majority and your child were suspected to be neurotypical? How would the diagnostic process look inside a family?
Humanizing the DSM Diagnosis for Autism
2019-04-17
If you’ve spent any time wondering if you might be autistic, the first thing you probably did was examine the diagnostic criteria from the APA’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), right? But when you read them they probably sounded really
My Journey to Self-Identification
2019-04-04
She knew she was different, and so did the classmates who bullied her. One woman's journey to realizing that the clumsiness, the intense interests, the anxiety, and the sensory challenges all led to the fact that she was autistic.