#pdd nos

[wemovedtodiscord111]

My PT OC Adeel and some other country themed OCs I made for fun

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[studying-roxas]

fellow elopers, have you noticed that your elopment as an adult is different than when you were a kid? as a kid i just would not notice that i was separated from my group, but now as an adult i can notice and usually end up calling whoever i was with on my phone. its like, i still just walk the fuck off, but now i can catch myself

(idk if this even counts as elopement anymore because i can eventually notice that i've wondered off)

edit: i did elope regularly as a kid, and my parents even had to call the police a few times as they thought i was kidnapped. one time an entire park was looking for me. i know i used to elope, i just don't know if what i described above even still counts since i can catch myself before i get too far now.

[envystar666]

Is it just me or did anyone else get a diagnosis of pdd-nos as a kid because you had atypical autism and then get it hidden from you only for you having to find out as an adult and then having to get re evaluated again because its no longer a valid dx from the dsm4?

[sunnysideofthespectrum]

I can totally relate! ☺️

In particular, the Holocaust :')

A few of my favorite childhood books 📚

📖 "The Diary of a Young Girl," by Anne Frank 🌟 ~ Read in my 6th grade English/Writing class. Life-changing. Perhaps, my #1 favorite book. I have a small hardcover copy with a neon green cover!? Lost it during an Honor Roll Ceremony bc I forgot it by my chair but found it again (yay!) by chance later that year after I won another award lol

Q & A:

What is your favorite WW2 book? Can you recommend any good reads? 💞

📖 "The Diary of Anne Frank: The Revised Critical Edition" ~ Read in 7th grade (hardcover); adored it so much but didn't realize just how rare it was but I bought another copy from eBay in 2020!

📖 "Alicia" by Alicia Appleman-Jurman ~ Read in 8th/9th grade. Obsessed. Read at least 3 times. Inspirational autobiography!

📖 "Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale by the Step-Sister of Anne Frank," by Eva Schloss and Evelyn Julia Kent ~ Found the book in hs. Enjoyed her story/pov. Happy she survived! Need to re-read.

📖 "The Endless Steepe by Esther Hautzig. ~ Read it in middle school. Could never remember the name but the cover art always remained in my memory so I recently re-discovered it!

"The Upstairs Room," by Joanna Reiss.

"Number the Stars," by Lois Lowry.

~

Also, another special interest of mine: Growing up, I found medieval history to be quite fascinating. Especially Tudor History. The Queen of Scots. The English/French monarchy 👸👑🏰

📖 "Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England's Tragic Queen," by Joanna Denny. ~ Read in 8th grade, mostly during P.E. lol If you can't guess, I love Anne Boleyn.

📖 "The Other Boleyn Girl" by Philipa Gregory ~ Also read in 8th grade; hated the ending , the way Anne (or the relationship with her sister) was portrayed so I re-wrote a better fan version, in my honest opinion but I still love the original and the romance/drama film lol

It really sucks that one of my special interests for a time was world war 2 history. God damn.

[thetrashthatsmilesback]

A lot of us american dx-ed autistics are encouraging american undiagnosed autistics not to pursue diagnosis at the moment. This sadly doesn't address what accommodations one might need, so here are options to discuss with your treatment team (general practitioner, psychiatrist, therapist, social worker, etc).

I want to emphasize that this post is not encouraging doctor shopping. It is encouraging discussing other possible diagnoses who's criteria you fit which will gain you accommodations you might need as an undiagnosed autistic person without pursuing diagnosis

For speech therapy, a certified speech pathologist can assess you for any number of speech impediments as well as selective mutism, and insurance will cover care for these diagnoses. While some treatment approaches differ for those on the spectrum, this will allow you to access a level of care for speech and language difficulties (this is actually what happened for me as a young child before I was diagnosed)

For school or work accommodations, anxiety and ocd diagnoses (which are often comorbid with asd) can get you extra time on assignments, access to a quiet room during work hours, extra time when test taking, access to a quiet test taking room, and more. A diagnosis of sensory processing disorder can get you access to a quiet room during work hours, a quiet room for test taking, and potentially the ability to type your notes in classrooms that otherwise do not allow it. All of these can be diagnosed by a GP or psychiatrist.

You can qualify for disability payments with a diagnosis of any of the above, as well as any number of other autism comorbidities such as depression.

Any of the above diagnoses *may* allow you access to either a note taker or a recording device during classes or work meetings. (I am unsure as I had access to these explicitly as an autism accommodation, though my cousin has access to them as an adhd accommodation)

Autism resources you may face barriers to without a proper diagnosis:

Autism grants

Occupational therapy

AAC payment aids

Proper AAC training

Access to aids which can help with ADLs and IADLs

Edited to fix a typo

[soapdispensersalesman]

Sup Tumblr, I trust the book recommendations of y'all

I have autism, PDD-NOS and Asperger's Syndrome (I know about Hans Asperger but idk how else to call it, ASD feels so "general" for me), and was curious what books you'd recommend on things like socialising, but not just conversations, but also specific things like banter and flirting.

Feels a bit embarrassing to say, but I still have not yet entirely grasped the concept of flirting, I get the idea, but want to understand what it exactly is, if there is a goal and why, and just generally want to learn what makes it so fun as I find it very fascinating.

Thing is, when I try to look up books like these, it's either very surface level information being explained in children's language, or it's books about (how to date someone with) autism aimed at neurotypicals.

Lemme know what you'd recommend :)

[valentinesparda]

having a bad day realizing that my parents knew I was a candidate for autism screening when I was a child but never did it because of ?

[myna33]

My roommates love that I make various clicking and squaking noises to greet them. If you think there's something diagnosable with this, consider that my childhood therapist declined to give me autism. According to the dsm-IV I am merely eccentric

[witchy-fennec]

Psychiatrist at appointment to re-dx my ADHD: “You’re too social to be autistic. You score high on a lot of autistic traits, but you’re not autistic according to the old DSM criteria based solely on what I observed in very specific situations.”

Congrats, you’ve only seen me on good days where I was likely masking and totally ignored the small cracks in my masking ability. Newsflash, I love stuff to do with psychology, which makes it easier to interact despite your shitty bright lighting.

On report: says good hygiene

Reality: I literally have not brushed my teeth in weeks and most of my morning showers equate to just letting the water run and getting warmth from it, but okay.🙃

On report: many mentions of social anxiety

Reality: It’s not social anxiety. I have GAD, but I do not have social anxiety; I have no idea how the fuck you got social anxiety, especially when saying how apparently social I am.

On report: patient denies aggression and thoughts of aggression

Reality: I never denied thoughts!!! It’s not my fault the self assessment thing doesn’t distinguish between action and thought.🙃

This is an old white man who very vocally said to me “The DSM criteria went from 8 criteria down to 3” as if that meant the latest DSM is wrong for making the autism spectrum more of an actual spectrum. He’s also basing whether I’m autistic or not by my symptoms/traits compared to his 8yo daughter who happens to be nonverbal. As if lower support needs autistics don’t exist. But hey, at least I got my ADHD dx that I needed for stuff. Also very interesting how he was all “Diagnosing autism really blew up in (year)”, but conveniently didn’t do the same regarding ADHD.🤔

I was also diagnosed with PDD-NOS years prior to this, which is on the autism spectrum. I’m also not nearly as social as he thinks I am, especially with how he wasn’t actually listening when I informed him of how I interact normally and my utter disinterest before my first ever friend, who was my only friend for a while and only because she approached me. He seems to think the criteria being updated to accommodate the merging of what used to be called Asperger’s in older DSM criteria somehow allows over half of the human population to meet said criteria, which, no??? That’s not how that works? That’s not what the criteria says. He also got very smirky when he commented whether I knew the diagnostic codes, which wtf does that have to do with symptoms/traits and the actual diagnostics? I liked him when I was in high school getting dxed solely for ADHD because he actually genuinely listened back then. Now, it just feels like he’s on some power trip and not willing to let go of old biases because there was a lot of stuff he didn’t listen to me on throughout everything and seems to think my stimming is solely for the sake of concentration when there’s way more to it than that, there’s the aspect of doing it for the sensory input, during times I’m not focusing on anything at all with no need to focus. He clearly is one of the types of people who doesn’t acknowledge the differences in presentation between ADHD, autism, and AuDHD, and has bias for The Old Ways. Of course I don’t seem autistic to someone like that. I have enough traits that are strong to be confirmed autistic, but his reasoning just seems to be “Can speak and look social on the few days I spoke with them, so any and all possible social issues can only be social anxiety” and that just doesn’t seem right? He never bothered to go in depth with any of the testing, just redid the stuff for ADHD and the self-assessments didn’t have nearly enough questions that could potentially detect autism in someone who can mask with all of it being exactly the same as from when I was originally dxed with ADHD, so absolutely no digging further to be certain nothing was missed. He definitely already made his decision on whether I was autistic or not before we even started. Even though I never made eye contact, even though there is enough overlap in symptoms between ADHD and autism, especially in someone who’s both, that it can be overlooked. There was absolutely no attempt to truly rule out autism beyond assessing ADHD and anxiety, which he dxed me with social anxiety when I am definitely not that, I have GAD because that’s how my brain works and things that have nothing to do with social interaction make me anxious. Like, yes, of course there are gonna be inevitable social things that prod my anxiety; there’s no avoiding that in a society, especially when forced to socialise. But because he’s so set in finding reasons to say I’m not autistic, he refused to listen when I explained, repeatedly (and not exactly all that well because verbal communication and on the spot attempt), why it wasn’t specifically social anxiety of the type of anxiety I have. I’m also apparently very needy of social interaction while at the same time being of “normal” social neediness. I’m pretty sure I was more happy alone in my room than socialising for all my life, but okay.🙃

He really just refuses to acknowledge that I don’t care to socialise because I don’t feel a need to beyond minimum necessity, such as for a job, and with a few select people face to face, the rest preferably being DMs/text only. Socialising is exhausting and I just want to get away from society with the few people I actually want any social interaction from. Also, the first times he saw me, I was more than old enough to have learned from observation what is and is not socially acceptable, especially given my “intelligence”, strong interest in words/vocabulary/grammar/etc., and ability to mask traits apart from certain types of pain as well as experience. He still doesn’t know that my issues with eating have to do with sensory sensitivities. He never asked. I’m guessing that, like my mother, he just assumes it’s related to my sleep troubles? I’ll never know because there’s no point in asking that when he treated me the way he did, especially since I’m never seeing him again.

He was also smug enough to make a comment about how other doctors could have dxed wrong. As if he’s immune to being wrong himself. So sayeth the man who would rather go with outdated criteria as if a lot of research didn’t go into updated portions of the latest DSM. Lost my trust entirely right there.

He also had the nerve to tell me “every action has a reason” as if I said anything otherwise when explaining that my being in verbal shutdown (worded it as not being able to speak) wasn’t an anxiety thing. The reason is my vocal chords just don’t wanna work some days and it’s something other than anxiety because my anxiety was almost nonexistent that day.

[maybe-hikikomori]

Me in elementary school.

I hate how often someone suddenly changes how they act towards me the second they find out I'm autistic. I'm still the same person you were talking to before you found out!

[wemovedtodiscord111]

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[maybe-hikikomori]

Most my school life I wasn't severely bullied (I had two serious incidents though), but is it worth the mood disorders and bullying to have autism?

[five-thousand-loaves-of-bread]

curious. officially diagnosed autistic people : what your FIRST official autism diagnosis say

note:

it not about whether you think diagnosis right, correct, should or shouldn’t exist, as long as you agree you autistic. e.g you first diagnosed as asperger’s but don’t think asperger’s syndrome as diagnosis should exist, still vote asperger’s. if you first diagnosed as one level n don’t agree n think it something else, still vote that level you first diagnosed with

know pervasive development disorder under DSM 4 technically umbrella term which all autism diagnoses fall under. so only vote that one if you specifically given PDD & not anything more specific

also know rett syndrome & CDD different disorders… but ran out of room n very sad abt it (if don’t know what those are, encourage look it up)

if want to, also tell me in tag or comments or reblog which year you diagnosed. or other nuances

see follow up poll for specifiers other than DSM 5 levels

[plural-confessions]

I hope that one day DID/OSDD/P-DID/UDD is known as like a plural/multiple Spectrum Disorder, just like how Kanner's Syndrome ('classic' autism)/Asperger's/PDD-NOS ('atypical' autism)/CDD/Rett Syndrome became what we now know as Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Plurality *is* a spectrum, people. Different plurals have different symptoms, yet are still plural.

Our scientific knowledge is also always changing. We are never at our final state of knowing.

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[soapdispensersalesman]

Happy Autism Awareness Day!

I was diagnosed with ASD with symptoms of Asperger's Syndrome and PDD-NOS when I was a teenager so you have to he extra nice to me today ( ･ิω･ิ)

[viktuurishipper96]

Meet the Leader of the Star Fleet crew: Sicilia Rhea Tempest

she’s the first female captain and taking under captain stars wing.

Name: Sicilia Rhea Tempest

Meaning: Blinded of the flowing storm

Nationality: Greek/Italian/Peruvian/Macedonian/Spanish

Age: 29

Height: 5’7

Sexuality: Asexual

Pronouns: She/Her

Hobbies: Dancing, swimming, singing, learning sign language, helping with boomer with planting, figure skating, Collecting stamps and scrapbooking.

Bio: The first female of the Star fleet captain, she is the child prodigy and takes it under the wing of her mentor captain star. She has a disability which is PDD-NOS but that doesn’t stop her from getting the task done. She’s headstrong, Intelligent, strong willed, easygoing towards anyone and calm minded. Ever since she came to Bigg city port, she catches her strong feeling to Top Hat but the two started out as friends, but when they got even closer, her and top hat are like an item and then started dating ever since. Sicilia can handle the things including saving ten cent and sunshine.

Extra: She’s in a romantic relationship with Top Hat and is close to Ten Cent, Sunshine, Warrior, Big Mac, OJ and Hercules because they’re like family to her. Is friends with Lillie Lightship, Zip of the z-Stacks, Billy Shoepack, Boomer, Eddy and Frank and her mentor Captain Star.

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