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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".
 
My mother was left-handed forced to be right-handed. This was a thing 90 years ago. I guess this was based on expert opinion at the time.
 
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