The weird thing about autism is that people automatically think that means you can’t be self-aware of it “or you wouldn’t act like that”. 😅
Self-aware is rarely the same as in-control.
“You can’t be autistic, you’re too pretty!”
Yeah, I hear that literally everyday 🙂
Humble brag
It’s a real thing. If I hadn’t been handsome, I would have never had a girlfriend, period. I had absolutely no confidence whatsoever until I was in my mid 30’s. And that was learned through extremely embarrassing trial and error.
Make sure to watch the video before commenting. It’s not a video about debunking autism, it’s about the kinds of things autistic people hear from neuro normative people telling them why they aren’t autistic.
Its a spectrum right?
It’s more like several spectra. They sometimes place them crossing each other in the middle so that it looks like a web.
Interesting visualisation.
Who made this? Is there a book or website? I would like to read more.
It’s from an autism spectrum test, I believe that one is from IDR labs.
Yes. The test result returns a radar chart alike diagram. (I’m sceptical how a 50 question test can return such a detailed result. But that’s just me. ) Thanks.
From the test:
I put most of the pressure on the front of my feet when walking.
Fuck
It looks different, at least currently. https://www.idrlabs.com/autism-spectrum/test.php
It’s the visualized results of several autism tests. If I remember correctly, Autism Spectrum Quotient would provide something similar, but I can’t say for sure. It’s 50 items, so if I get some energy in the next few hours, I’ll complete it to confirm the graph.
The test result gives me a scalar value. No radar chart.
Yep, I just took it and didn’t get the graph either. I found one that does give the graph. I’m sure because I just completed it. It’s the Aspie Quiz. Let me know if you were able to see the graph or not!
(I’m assuming this was a genuine question. If you’re trying to make a point I’m afraid I missed it 🤷)
Yes, it’s a spectrum. Autistic people are as a varied a group as any other, and you’ll see different traits in different individuals, or even in the same individual at different stages of life or different settings.
And that means you can’t point to one stereotyped feature and say that disqualifies you. Which was - ha ha! - the point of the video!
“You can’t be autistic because you have a PhD.”
Excuse me, PhD is just a special interest that’s been officialized via an academic process.
“You can’t be ADHD because you have a PhD.”
Excuse me, it took me 7 years of anxiety due to feeling like I was going to let down my dissertation committee and finished it in spurts of working on it intensely for days at a time with weeks/months in-between while depending on someone else to manage all my ADLs. I also paid someone to edit the format because I was not capable of setting that up within a reasonable time period.
The more helpful comment, if they have to say anything at all, would be, “Wow, you earned a PhD despite all of the difficulties you had to overcome!” Or…we could talk about whatever historical fact I’m obsessed with at the moment 🤷♂️
Excuse me, PhD is just a special interest that’s been officialized via an academic process.
Yes!
But hilariously (not really), this is against the definition of ICD-10. A special interest must be problematic.
Had a frustrating discussion with my child’s psychiatrist about this in a followup session recently. She was adamant that my daughter now had less ASD symptoms because instead of Pokemon (which was special interest at original diagnosis) she is now really REALLY into makeup. And makeup is socially conformant. So she has no special interests.
isn’t pokemon also socially conformant nowadays. Does that doctor has the super power to give diagnosis that expirate after 10 years ? GREAT !
Pokemon is more conformant in boys, less in girls.
I wonder why girls are historically underdiagnosed. /s
Fuck deficiency based criteria.
Ah yes my very neurotypical boy is absolutely normal when he can list all the pokemon of all the generation by order of appearance and can devise the most efficient tactic for fight in mere seconds lol
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This is not a real problem, and trying to solve it by protecting the spectrum or something is just causing harm.
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And I’m sick of people who assume that diagnosis is readily available for everyone.
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Maybe but when those same people are typing about their self-diagnosis from an iPhone 15 Pro whilst complaining they cannot afford $900 for a diagnosis?
Yeah….ok……
People do things if they really really want to regardless of cost….funny how that works 🤷🏼♀️
And if you don’t want the “negatives” that come with diagnosis around other areas of life where you may be discriminated against as a result of said diagnosis, well too bad and welcome to the real world where the rest of us have to live - you don’t really have the same lived experience if you think that about an actual diagnosis then….and you will never understand what it’s like to actually be discriminated against for having said diagnosis…but what would I know……I’ve only been a diagnosed autistic since I was 12 so I didn’t get the memo I guess 🤷🏼♀️
In most countries it’s not about the money…
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But…what does this have to do with the posted video? Your comment just felt like an attack on everyone who doesn’t have access to diagnosis.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again and it’s the hill that I’ll die on:
There is a huge difference between teenagers self-diagnosing because of TikTok videos and people who do their research looking for ways to make their lives easier. The latter ones don’t do it to get attention and accomodations and you’ve grouped them together with the former ones. That’s not what they are though and it’s hurtful. I thought this space was a place to find help and community instead of being told again and again that I don’t belong.
