She #Diagnosed Herself as #Autistic after ONE TIKTOK?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2YKe35z9f0
#autism #diagnosis

1/3 One reason why people with #highfunctional #autism are not or lately #diagnosed is their ability to cope their #neurodiversity by learning. But this may cause funny situations and they appear „weird“ to others especially to neurotypical persons. For example: A highfunctional autistic member of my Family had learned that all old people need a walking aid in public. However he was very sporty

First Person Diagnosed With #Autism Dies At 89

#Case 1 was #diagnosed with autism in 1943. What a story.
https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2023/06/19/first-person-diagnosed-with-autism-dies-at-89/30428/
>Donald Triplett, who was the first person to ever be diagnosed with autism, has died at the age of 89.

Hyperfocusing on my makeup application yields significantly better results with the help of the ADHD meds.

I simultaneously feel like I've been cheated by not having access to these meds for this long, but also like I'm somehow betraying my Autistic & ADHD brain chemistry by taking them.

Such a weird experience, but there's been so much more #AutisticJoy since the formal diagnosis, both with and without medication.

#AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyAuDHD #ActuallyADHD #Diagnosed

Life's not easy.

I have a lot of #SelfConfidence due to the #MedicalLanguage #Autistic diagnosis by interacting with others who also got #Diagnosed / #SelfDiagnosed.

My knowledge about #Neurotypes is the hope I need in my life to move me forward.
#Neurotype knowledge is currently the only knowledge I value the most when it comes to #Neurodiversity and medical language stuff.

My self confidence though can always be improved and the more I learn about Neurotypes the better my self confidence will be.

So I better keep moving!

If you really think that using the word "#narcissism" is #ableist, please watch this video:

https://youtu.be/eISuc8v7B1M

To summarize (poorly), the #research is beginning to recognize that the #personality #disorders, as diagnoses, do those to whom they are applied more harm than good. Most #narcissists will never see a #therapist, and they'll never be #diagnosed with #NPD. The people who are diagnosed with NPD are #vulnerable, and it's possible they need a second opinion.

But the #ableism? It's calling from inside the house.

Because if you're still convinced that saying "#narcissistic" is ableist, then rather than shouting "ableist" at the top of your lungs to people who are #survivors (and in some cases present #victims) of people who engage in narcissistic #behaviors, are the most likely to take your words seriously. They are the most likely to experience worse #abuse as a result of your disempowering them and silencing them.

Instead of #silencing survivors, try to consider what words may be used instead of narcissism. It's not correct to say that "narcissistic abuse" is the same as #emotional abuse. Narcissistic abuse may be a form of emotional abuse, but its insidiousness goes far beyond what most people who experience emotional abuse ever experience.

A lot of people who think of "narcissism" as an ableist term will eagerly call its users ableist without offering any alternative words that will allow them to speak about their specific type of suffering. So let Dr. #Ramani do the work for you: Consider sharing the term "#antagonistic #relationship #style" or, in lieu of "narcissistic abuse," antagonistic #relational abuse, with those who you might otherwise re-#traumatize with your careless #social #justice #barbarism.

Because silencing the survivors of abuse, many of whom have #PTSD from living with narcissistic (or antagonistic) persons, is the real ableism.

#psychology #socialJustice #mentalHealth #stigma

@theautisticcoach

It was through meeting #ActuallyAutistic individuals that I got #enlightened in a way that the field of medicine could never enlighten me.

Stale and boring papers which people think up in isolation without contact with #ActualPeople who actually get #diagnosed and without interacting with them in meaningful ways leads to #BadScience.

#AutismResearch has done its course in my life, it was only Neurodiversity that made #Autism make any sense at all to me.

Actually before I even heard that word "Neurodiversity" I met very #neurodiverse individuals in the #AutisticCommunity.

#FaceToFace I met them. I had to determine myself if Autism was a real thing or not. #ItWasReal and #ItIsReal!

Personal encounters with many individuals fueled my #interest in autism and as I met more and more I started to be able to identify neurotypes.
Everything starts with "is this person like me? Why or why not? In which ways is this person like me and in which ways is this person not like me? Does this person think like me or just happens they now have some similar interests but interests come and go right?".

When you think you are an #explorer.

"Person A reminded me about person S whom I met at that other autism encounter if I remember, hmm" and then "Person G also reminds me about person A".
#ThinkingIsImportant!
#ThinkingIsSoImportant!

When I got #diagnosed there was nothing really special about the #diagnosis aside from them finding that I belong to a #SpectrumOfNeurotypes #Neurotypes.

The current #science though lacks the ability to tell what #neurotype I am, which is bad! My unique #Neurotype is #unknown.

#Science is about expanding #knowledge and apparently there is #NoKnowledge about this yet.
Just #theories and we don't even know who is out there with a #TreasureTrove of #UnsharedTheories.

We in the #NeurodiversityMovement are the #LastHope to find them a solution and find us(#humanity) a solution to #ExpandNeurodiversity. #Neurodiversity.

The Neurodiversity movement's stepping stone is neurotypes and the lack of knowledge in that area is #alarming, makes us weaker.

Hope escapes us last though.

I have hope and belief in that the Neurodiversity Movement is going to find a way, some of you #Thinkers out there will find a solution one day which we are all gonna enjoy.

#HopeDiesLast

The #report by the #IndependentInvestigationsOffice said the #injured man — who has been #diagnosed with #Aspergers syndrome — was never actively resistant to #police but was “doggedly non-compliant.”

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/iio-says-saanich-police-use-of-plastic-projectiles-and-dog-on-man-was-close-to-the-line-6720999

#Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #ACAB #IIO #PolicePolicingThemselves #Ableism #Ableists #DisabledRights #HumanRights #PoliceReform #LackOfAccountability

I’m in the recently #diagnosed stage of having SO many random flashbacks to when I was a child and where I had an #autistic experience but didn’t know I was autistic. It’s like one by one…memories are changing. My whole life story is changing. There is a new #narrative My memories are now becoming something else..explained…where before it was just one weird moment after another. You would think this is a good thing and it is…but it’s also unsettling. It feels #surreal and #overwhelming

The hardest thing for me after I was formally #diagnosed as autistic was figuring out what kind of supports I could access and what a "reasonable" accommodation looked like. I remember wishing, as many #autistic people do, that I could simply see a few examples!

So today I want to share my student support document with you all! For context, I am a PhD student and so my accommodations are mostly written with that in mind, hence nothing about lectures or homework. I hope others can also chime in with any additional accommodations they receive!

[As the image below contains a lot of text, I'll transcribe it fully in a reply to this post]

@actuallyautistic

Today I feel fortunate to have a dr who listened to me..actually a couple of drs..beginning with my general dr who sent the referral to have an #autism #assessment done for me so quickly. I read so many..TOO MANY..personal stories about struggling to be #heard and #diagnosed . Or being misdiagnosed. I completely understand the need for #SelfDx . With or without the “official” diagnosis..I knew without a doubt this was me. I was never so certain about anything in my life.

I hear a lot of people saying after being #diagnosed or self diagnosed..and telling #friends or #family..people say to them “but you don’t look autistic?” Or “you don’t act #autistic ?”I have yet to have ANYONE say this to me. 🧐 And that made me laugh last night because maybe everyone was all “there’s something different about Anne Marie..hmm..what is it..” this whole time and I’m over here thinking my #masking to make myself “fit in” or “blend in” was working..when it wasn’t. 🤣

A #woman who could 'barely walk' after years of #fatigue was #diagnosed with #vitamin #B12 #deficiency

https://www.insider.com/vitamin-b12-deficiency-meat-fish-vegetarian-plant-based-diet-symptoms-2022-11

I'm 37 years old and I recently discovered I might have #ADHD. Most women find out at a later age, oftentimes after they become mothers and life becomes too overwhelming.

If you've been wondering whether you might have ADHD, or struggle to get #diagnosed: a psychiatrist recommended this diagnostic interview to me, which has real-life examples instead of abstract concepts and it has been very helpful to me: http://www.divacenter.eu/DIVA.aspx

(The examples also make it easier to ask friends/family to confirm your diagnosis).

Texans Rookie John Metchie III Diagnosed W/ Leukemia, Likely Out For Season #texans #rookie #john #metchie #diagnosed #leukemia #likely #season #25luglio https://parliamodi.news/article/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudG16LmNvbS8yMDIyLzA3LzI1L3RleGFucy1yb29raWUtam9obi1tZXRjaGllLWlpaS1kaWFnbm9zZWQtd2l0aC1sZXVrZW1pYS1saWtlbHktb3V0LWZvci1zZWFzb24v

Toddler diagnosed with first case of diphtheria of the throat in NSW in a century | Health | The Guardian #toddler #diagnosed #with #first #case #diphtheria #throat #century #health #guardian #3luglio https://parliamodi.news/article/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlZ3VhcmRpYW4uY29tL2F1c3RyYWxpYS1uZXdzLzIwMjIvanVsLzAzL3RvZGRsZXItZGlhZ25vc2VkLXdpdGgtZmlyc3QtY2FzZS1vZi1kaXBodGhlcmlhLW9mLXRoZS10aHJvYXQtaW4tbnN3LWluLWEtY2VudHVyeQ==

#International_Tech_News | MSNBC’s ‘In The #Dark Of The #Valley’ Documents Parents Finding #Cancer Cases Near #Nuclear Lab.

In 2013, Melissa Bumstead's four-year-old daughter was #diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of #leukemia. While at the #Children's_Hospital in Los Angeles, she noticed there were many other families that had children with cancer who lived extremely close to her in California's San Fernando

https://youtu.be/1DyNikRfb3M

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3 Ways #Depression May Be #Diagnosed in the Future

https://themighty.com/2019/07/future-depression-diagnostic-tests/

#mentalhealth