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Experts Are Sharing The 9 Biggest Signs Of Autism In Adulthood

Just a thought.

An article like this is so vague that it could trick someone who is very clearly not Autistic into believing they are on the spectrum. For example my niece. Very clearly NT. She falls under a few of these categories. Which could make her or someone like her who isnt confident believe that they are ND. Also with the show Love on the Spectrum coming out. People have been into the fad of autism and "oh everyone is a little bit autistic". Im not saying that it isnt a bad thing if there is more of us. But because of articles like this one I have heard people who are clearly not autistic claim they are or "a little autistic". In a mocking tone.

Not sure if anyone has experienced this before. Especially the "everyone is a little autistic". People love to use that line.
 
I've heard that from my own family. They didn't support me then, they don't support me now. They think that to have autism, you have to have serious handicaps. I have my own baggage that I have to deal with which they ignore. That's ok. My wife helps me a great deal with my "silly issues", which is a welcomed relief.
 
Storm Hess said:
I've heard that from my own family. They didn't support me then, they don't support me now. They think that to have autism, you have to have serious handicaps. I have my own baggage that I have to deal with which they ignore. That's ok. My wife helps me a great deal with my "silly issues", which is a welcomed relief.
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I can relate to that. Though only with one family member, my Mother. She doesn't believe me. She also didn't believe the school admin back in the day that wanted to have me put through the special education stream, where I would have been assessed. Apparently, I was only "just left handed".
 
Coming from a small town some teachers (retirement age at the time) did not approve of use of your left hand either. Left dominant but can do everything with both hands.
 
An article by a woman with AuDHD
Autistic women may find this particularly interesting:

Thanks to societal conditioning, women are far less likely to be diagnosed with autism or ADHD than men. Women tend to mask symptoms so that our struggles are less noticeable to others.

This is the truth of living with AuDHD, especially for women like me, who’ve spent their entire lives hiding their symptoms as a way to survive. I felt like I had to monitor every part of who I was, terrified of unintentionally doing something wrong because I could never understand the rules that everybody else seemed to know.
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Our society is increasingly stigmatising neurodivergence, associating it with people seeking disability benefits and using it as a justification for poor behaviour. However, the reality is that these labels enable people to take responsibility for themselves, reclaim agency over their lives and contribute meaningfully to our society.

It is easy to view AuDHD as a convenient excuse for personal failings. However, if I’d had this diagnosis earlier when I was growing up, I would have been far less vulnerable to the harm inflicted by others. Instead of shaming the individuals seeking help, we should focus on the broken systems that allow so many people to go undiagnosed for so long. AuDHD isn’t an excuse, but it can be a life-changing lens to explain our experiences.

Ultimately, these labels enable people to “name it to tame it” – far from marking themselves as victims, they’re survivors of a world that wasn’t designed for them.
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Storm Hess said:
I've heard that from my own family. They didn't support me then, they don't support me now. They think that to have autism, you have to have serious handicaps. I have my own baggage that I have to deal with which they ignore. That's ok. My wife helps me a great deal with my "silly issues", which is a welcomed relief.
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I have had to deal with this a lot in my life.
My family and friends didn't believe me at one time.
There is still a lot of ignorance about autism in the world.
 
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