This is from the Other Place, I hope it’s allowed.

  • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Talking like you’re talking is what got me my peer-reviewed autism diagnosis.

    I am keely interested in understanding the world and sharing my understanding of that world; I assume everyone is the same and that’s when I get into trouble.

    Apparently this is an atypical trait.

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        3 days ago

        For me, it’s just good to know that there are other people who think like me and that it’s a perfectly valid (if maybe unpopular) to navigate the world. I don’t have a diagnosis, either, and I don’t know what “having” it would mean since it’s such a wide range of characteristics and traits. The important thing is to know who I am.

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          3 days ago

          Wait I thought you said you did get a diagnosis? Or does a “peer-reviewed autism diagnosis” mean you got your autism card from other autistic people? Cause I think I have that already, at least…

          And yeah, learning that there are other people like me who understand me and what it’s like to live as a person like me is a really helpful thing. It’s like solidarity in a way. It makes it easier to accept myself for who I am