I think I have a mild form of autism.
Iâve had suspicions about myself, but I donât like the idea of jumping onto the autism bandwagon, a lot of self righteous fcks there. Iâve settled on just being weird.
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Yes I have Autism. What do you want to know?
What are some signs a person has autism?
This is what my report says at the bottom
For reference and information, the diagnostic criteria are:
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Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts.
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Restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interest, or activities currently, or by history.
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Symptoms must be present in the early developmental period (but may not become fully manifest until social demands exceed limited capacities, or may be masked by learned strategies in later life.
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Symptoms cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of current functioning.
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These disturbances are not better explained by intellectual disability (intellectual developmental disorder) or global developmental delay. Intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder frequently co-occur: to make comorbid diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, social communication should be below that expected for general developmental level.
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I am autistic 15
My husband is autistic. I have suspicions about Starlet and Ninjago as well, but theyâve never been tested and at this point I dont think it would help them.
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Yes it will. Just the understanding is helpful trust me. But also getting adult services later in life. Like for me my autism diagnosis qualified me for vocational rehab, Iâm going to school completely free with that.
Somebody once suspected me of being on the spectrum. Another patient in the hospital. Then I said Iâm schizoaffective. And she said âwell thatâs probably what you are thenâ. Maybe schizoaffective can seem like autism too to others. Arenât they related disorders. I think gaining insight/minimizing psychosis I donât seem to others like Iâm autistic much at all anymore however. But then again autism gets a lot better as adults oftentimes too. Antipsychotics help with both disorders??
They both have other diagnoses that already qualify them for adult services. Getting diagnosed can be very helpful, but can also be a way to open yourself up to discrimination from doctors. Itâs a dual edged sword. They both said they donât wish to be evaluated at this time so I respect that. A diagnosis is really just a label used to describe your observable symptoms to outsiders.
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My husband is autistic. He was just diagnosed 1.5 years ago, in his early 30âs. Heâs always been different, but not that thatâs a bad thing. As he grew older, he found ways to appear more normal, but he struggles with that.
Whenever we spend time with family or if we go on vacation, my husband needs at least 1 day to ârelaxâ, afterwards. He needs time alone, but Iâm the exception (his words).
Heâs constantly stimming, but it can easily be missed. He stims in âlow-keyâ ways. I notice, though, haha.
He says that getting an autism diagnosis was a great step in the direction of understanding himself. And family understands him better now, too! Cause now we all have answers to his âwaysâ that just were strange before. Now they make sense. I mean, itâs eye opening to get a diagnosis. Figuring out I have schizoaffective changed my life for the better, cause I understand myself now (plus Iâm taking meds for it now). Diagnosing conditions changes lives!
Was diagnosed with Aspergerâs Syndrome originally, now called Autism Spectrum Disorder. Iâm rated as socially impaired, but high functioning.
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Diagnosed with Aspergerâs syndrome in May 2019 , at the age of 62. It took moving to a new area, in the same town as my s/dau, and seeing a more intelligent and open minded pdoc for that to happen. The ADOS report had me at classical autism level for âsocial communicationâ and Aspergerâs level for âsocial interactionâ .
My niece has autism. I think I have some.
i have autism too along with sz
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After the test my psychiatrist said âyou can call it that if you wantâ
Me: (Autistic) :
Do you have any idea how confusing that is
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After reading the criteria for autism (which have become broader and broader over the last 40 years), I might have autism.
I think this is a legit article that tries to explain why autism has become so prevalent in the U.S.:
Iâm autistic! I stim a lot, have special interests, and a lot of sensory issues. Although I also hear that autism symptoms overlap with a lot of other disorders.
Got diagnosed at 22 years old with Aspergers while psychotic and with some college education. It was before my schizophrenia diagnosis and I took all sorts of tests but they asumed I had a normal IQ because of college, I was told.
So ya, I do have it and I super identity with it especially my brain and how I grew up and was raised and how lonely and isolated I was, but then I never got extra support or money or help or anything because of it. Itâs just another disability that people use to identity you.
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Some days I get really disillusioned with the ASD community. Much of that stems from âAutistic Twitterâ. Thereâs those who try to police language use in a very strict way. Then thereâs those who vie to have the most intense symptoms while at the same time saying theyâve just got a PhD ,1st class degree, very good job etc. Itâs hard to find common ground with such people. Iâve been told,no doubt quite rightly, that âAutistic Twitterâ is not a good guide to the ASD community as a whole. That I should bailout from Twitter. However I like to exchange political opinion on Twitter.
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