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I think we'd all be a lot happier if people stopped considering #Autism and #ADHD etc as "disorders" and instead as valid neurotypes.

I'm not a broken Neurotypical. I'm a perfectly well formed #Autisic male. I have my strengths and my weaknesses.

Superman isn't a broken Kryptonian because he's weak to Kryptonite. Just as my personal Kryptonite is loud noises, bright lights and crowds.

I may not have laser vision but I do have laser focus! When I'm engaged in a subject no force in the 'verse can sway me.

I may not have super strength but My math game is STRONK. I can analyse data and debug code faster than a speeding bullet. I can jump over complex equations in a single bound :)

Likewise, I was never formally diagnosed as Aro/Ace. I didn't even realise I was Aro/Ace until much later on in life.

I even doubted I WAS Aro/Ace initially because i didn't realise it was a spectrum.I tend more to the DemiAce/GreyAro side.

I had people tell me I couldn't be aro/ace because I was married.

See the parallel here?

The only difference between my Aro/Ace and my Autistic/ADHD identities is that people seem to insist one is diagnosed and the other is "personal self awareness"

I'm no less Aro/Ace because some professional hasn't sat down with loads of questionnaires and questions and told me I was. It's just how I'm wired. It's my config in my operating system.

My #Autism is just how I'm wired. It too is a config in my operating system.

I'm not broken. I'm just built differently.
#adhd #autism #Autisic
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UkeleleEric
I think we are starting to learn that none of us are 'normal'. My wife (who was born premature, and that might be significant), lived what most people would call a normal life. Barring teaching herself to read before going to school and being lefthanded (not considered abnormal in a family of lefthanders, but only just being recognised as something not to 'treat' at school), and achieving well academically, she was doing fine until diagnosed as epileptic at university. 1/2
For Pete's Sake! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🖖
I too was a preemie. I was 8 weeks premature in 1970 which, back then, was not insignificant.

as an "amusing" aside. Just so highlight just how worthless an "official medical diagnosis" is. On my report from the NHS psychologists who took their time and expertise to confirm my autism.. well, on this report it confidently states I was born ... wait for it.... 8 MONTHS premature. hey I may be advanced in somethings but even that is a stretch ;D

So much for accuracy :D
Kevin Davy
There's such a weird emphasis with autism and diagnosis, that just isn't anywhere else. Perhaps because the roots of understanding its difference began there. Whatever, it's time it stopped and became what it always was, realisation.
Just as I am also realising my aro/ace nature now and certainly need no diagnosis for that.
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You know Autists, ADHDers, and Audhders, have to educate neurotypicals about what our very-much-not-scary differences are. It's like most people preferring to sit on a chair, but a small number prefer to sit on a stool, or perch on the chair arm, or even to lean against the wall. See? Not scary.
I think myself, that psychologists, psychiatrists, and neurologists, are the ones who 'need' us to be categorised, studied, and 'diagnosed'. I also think that a lot of them are making a hash of it, in order to keep the grant money rolling in. #JustMyOpinion.
#justmyopinion
Kevin Davy
I wouldn't be surprised and certainly certain corners of the industry. The more we can be seen, the more people know, the more hopefully people will see this, as just the difference it is.
For Pete's Sake! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🖖
there's money in fear, there's money in snake oil, there's money in playing on the memes and tropes, and there's certainly money in misinformation.

By othering the neurodiverse you can bet someone, somewhere is lining their pockets out of it.

Edit autocorrect changed certainly to certificate.. oops! Corrected now.
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Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷
Simon Baron-Cohen, Judy Singer, to name a couple. @pathfinder
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