I told my mom I think I'm autistic a year or 2 ago and she said "we tested when you were little and You're definitely on the spectrum." EXCUSE ME? IM 35
2024-02-08 21:27:24
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Lizzie :) :
Why on earth would you ever not tell a person ABOUT THEIR OWN DISABILITY?! That’s a huge part of them!
2024-02-09 07:31:42
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Alisha Dawn Joyner :
in my medical records it states I was diagnosed with a "developmental mental disorder" but it was never talked about with me or ever had any sort of care for. I strongly believe I was diagnosed with
2024-03-12 16:46:08
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__jojofienchen__ :
I have AuDHD, my niece is just like me when I was a child. I can’t tell her parents cause they are both doctors & wouldn‘t care..
2024-02-10 21:44:34
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The Nameless Narcissist :
Me when I was 17 and found riddlin prescribed to me when I was 8. Weird way to find out I had adhd
2024-02-08 20:18:54
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indoorsycanadian :
Not knowing I was autistic gave me a mental illness. I thought there was a subclass of people that I called “The Undesireables” that I was a part of
2024-02-08 22:14:30
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ALadyHomesteader :
all it takes is to say to the kid is "your brain is a lil extra different than other kiddos. that not bad you just experience things differently"
2024-02-08 23:46:10
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Linda :
I was 51 when I got my diagnosis, told my mother and she said - I was when I was young but I GREW OUT OF IT ,
2024-02-08 20:45:13
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bean :
i was misdiagnosed with tourette’s at 3 and my parents said “nah” and then never looked more into why i was the way i was
2024-02-14 23:07:51
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Cory :
they literally won't diagnose my daughter bc of the way she masks at school. I wasn't diagnosed till 24 bc I was the same & it was so hard not knowing
2024-02-08 20:55:04
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Kellie McMahan :
I found out every teacher, k-12, asked my parents to get me assessed. I was furious. my mom's insistent I'm not Autistic
2024-02-08 23:44:27
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H 🧿 :
Why do parents forget that their children are separate humans from them
2024-02-10 07:13:27
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jackylann :
I need to be tested, but I can’t risk not being able to adopt :(
2024-02-10 16:53:04
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GamingandMore :
I wish I had known sooner and I wish my parents had done more to help me rather than force me into situations I couldn't handle and then telling
2024-02-09 12:34:20
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ducklinginmicrowave :
Diagnosed at 6 (kindergarten evaluation) found out 2 months before I graduated high school. Legally my diagnosis must be done over again- fml
2024-02-08 20:24:38
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Amy Griffin :
Are we fazing out teaching “masking” completely to someone autistic? I’m just very curious. I get it for sure
2024-02-19 15:11:15
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user1956256508659 :
can you maybe explain how u might tell a child that their autistic and make it make sense to them
2024-02-08 20:39:55
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user70538943948 :
How do you recommend telling a kiddo they are autistic? My son is 9 and struggling with explaining it to him..
2024-02-08 23:25:02
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Em :
so what do you do when someone refuses to "label" their child because "academically they are fine" but... they aren't in other ways.
2024-02-10 19:33:47
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Crazy Crocheter 🧶✂️ :
I learned at an amusement park when I was 14, my mom just came out with it in front of everyone and made us use it to get fast passes at the park 🙄🥴
2024-02-08 21:04:07
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kayana :
I was never diagnosed as a kid but I wish I had been every day & it hurts my heart hearing parents admit to keeping their kids’ diagnosis from them.
2024-02-08 20:49:48
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Anna :
"we didn't want you to think it was am excuse"
2024-02-13 02:34:37
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Isobel & Martyna :
Met a couple a few months ago who had a 16 year old autistic son who was diagnosed at 3 and still doesn’t know!! I was horrified
2024-02-09 01:22:07
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