#autism diagnosis criteria

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Autism Diagnosis Criteria Explained

@neuro_lou

[stal3bread]

If you have an issue with deficit based language, I used it because that is the language used in the diagnostic criteria, and I'm basing this poll in the diagnostic criteria. I use deficit based language for myself, but I understand that many autistic people are uncomfortable with that language being used for them

[naivety]

okay i need feedback from the autism mentall illness website um. this is going to read like an AITA post. brother vs half-sister (who are currently my dependents do to their own individual disabilities + ptsd/depression) spat i will skim the details on but i'm worried my sister will discount my take since i'm not autistic myself so. am i crazy to call it ableist to look at an autistic person (23) who is clearly going through it dealing w long term depression, a world that doesn't give a shit abt him, unemployment, very self-isolated and burnt out barely leaving his room because the world is an ableist dumpster fire with zero opportunities for him, and then bring up childhood abuse he's suffered and his diagnosis as reasonable factors on top of this to worry he'll [checks notes] abuse my cat just to hurt me or even worse have a breakdown and kill me and his other sibling in a violent episode, a train of thought i probably wouldn't even be having were he not [checks notes] mad at me for the first time in my life?

like i don't have any other read on this kind of fear-based characterization other than ableism. like those are very real things in his life but she never points out any current violent behavior, of which there are none, only the one (1) instance of him lashing out when he was like 14 and Officially Diagnosed Low Empathy she thinks is a concern and Hateful Looks toward her since he stopped getting along with her, that's it. i tried explaining to her why i, someone who's lived w him his entire life, can vouch for how unlikely he is to do anything like that, especially when it's again not based on anything he's actually currently doing except for isolating in a way that is much more indicative of him potentially being a danger to himself than anyone else, and being cold towards her specifically, and i thought she had let it go, but when i brought it up off-hand in a conversation tangentially related, she continued to defend and justify her Concern about the potential directions his behavior could lead to because [checks notes] other people in similar situations have lashed out and killed their entire families according to. true crime books or videos she's watched on youtube as far as i'm aware. ignoring the fact that her and i have had the same or Worse childhood abuse and have acted similarly isolated in the past, or for her literally just as currently as him, and she's not expressed any worry past or present about either of us doing anything like that, in my opinion obviously because i haven't cut her off due to our differences like he decided to. like am i big sibling biased because this is pissing me off so bad.

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

Legitimately wondering, why does every healthcare professional straight up ignore the end of every diagnostic criteria where it says this

[serrennedyanonwriter]

i’m curious… what’s the weirdest thing you’ve analyzed about Luis?

Not really weird since it’s a special interest of mine, but in the eyes of others it might be considered very weird. Anyways, using my one psychology class and a lot of probably overlooking things, I actually tempted to list possible mental illnesses Luis has.

[philsmeatylegss]

Every time one of y’all say Phil is Autistic, I lose another five years of my life.

[danielsbackupglasses]

"They think you don't have autism despite fitting multiple criteria because you could hold a constructive conversation with the doctor" is something my (seemingly) irrational anxiety would say to me at night but that's how it actually turned out hdkdhkwjcjs

[fallenfawnn]

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[imactuallyagiraffe]

today at school one of my friends was like "beth i think you might be autistic"

and luckily i was wearing sunglasses that literally covered my whole face because i definitely went bright red. and i was like ....uuuuhhhh jus a lil bit maybe LOL.

ANYWAY -_-

[crowempress]

My counselor made me do a test a while back to see what disorders my symptoms line up with. And a really high one I scored was OCD and I was like pfft. I have a bunch of friends with OCD and I don't relate to what they tell me at all! And then I keep seeing posts about OCD traits that are highly relatable to thought patterns and behaviors I have that I had always thought just came from my anxiety disorder and now I'm like UH. Huh......

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

The Struggle of Not Realising You Are Autistic Because You Took The Diagnosis Criteria Literally

Neurodivergent_lou

[snufkin1970]

me, a questing adventurer (questioning autistic person) fulfilling my adventure's calling by trying and failing to decipher the ancient magic runes (the dsm5)

[rosieleej]

In some weeks I have my autism diagnosis appointment. Kinda scared, kinda excited. A lot of things make sense now. I don’t know what to think of this new part of my identity. Fuuuuuuuck.

What tf im supposed to feel now?

[sahhr-studiesmed]

I wish someone listened. Like really listened. I never really feel heard ever. It's difficult.

It began with the suspicion of adhd in the year 2020 actually. Recently I read so many experiences of people with autism and felt like that was me. So another suspicion stems up.

I read through my copy of DSM 5 and matched the criteria for combined adhd and level one autism. Ofcourse I'm not a professional so I cannot diagnose myself.

But it's painful not knowing and it's more painful existing.

[atomicbritt]

Friend: Can you recommend any other autistic webcomic artists?

Me: Bro, I'd have a hard time showing you a webcomic artist who ISN'T autistic or ADHD

[earmo-imni]

Once again I’m recognizing myself in posts about autism despite not being diagnosed with autism.

Am I going to do anything about it this time? Probably not.