Autistic Hedgehog
RSShi, I've found that I resonate a lot with this blog &the actuallyautistic tag. I'm verbal & I think I "function" (w/e that means) in social situations well enough. but I do get sensory overloads, I go nonverbal, I stim, chirp, squeak, whine, etc. I've never been diagnosed with autism & I am 20 years old & a university student. my question is, is it possible for someone to be autistic without them automatically knowing b/c they are not read as autistic? should I get diagnosed if I am?
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It’s very easy to not know you’re autistic. If you appear to function well, people won’t see it in you, and if you don’t know a lot about it then of course it’s no surprise that you didn’t guess.
As to getting diagnosed…there was a time when I would have said absolutely, but that was before I discovered that things have been going to hell in a hand basket since I was diagnosed. A lot of people seem to be under the impression that things are much better now, but those people are usually allistic parents.
Now with the changes to the DSM on top of everything else, getting a diagnosis as an adult…it may prove difficult. I already know from experience that psychiatrists for adults often don’t know how to handle the idea of autistic adults. If you can find someone who knows what they’re doing, by all means, get a diagnosis. But don’t be afraid to do some research and talk to some people first.
If at all possible, find other autistic adults in the same region as you who were diagnosed as adults and may be able to point you in the right direction. But that’s really a best case scenario.
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mquester said: Tell the OP to check and see if their college offers psychological evaluation? That’s how I received a preliminary adult diagnosis in college, then I was sent to therapy outside the college with their referral…
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