Autistic Hedgehog
RSSIn regards to what they teach psychiatrists these days: When I was in college, one of the common teachings when discussing autism was that autistic people cannot speak well, if at all, and that that is a required "symptom" in order to be diagnosed. No one in the room even seemed to think otherwise, and I can't communicate well enough to have corrected him; I think this is a pretty commonly taught lie.
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Good. Lord. I just…I don’t even. I really wish I could just gather up all the people who suspect they’re autistic and take them back in time with me to the people who diagnosed me, because they knew what they were doing.
None of this “Oh, hey, she can talk, and there’s some emoting going on, let’s go home.” No, they video taped me so they could study the small details of the way I moved and interacted, the tones of my voice and the nature of my body language. I shudder to think of what I’d deal with being diagnosed in this day and age.
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teachingtheexceptional said: I hope you appreciated my DSM joke :-)- teachingtheexceptional said: It’s interesting, when the DSM changes so do diagnoses. Maybe you can say, “I was only Autistic from 1994-1999 under the DSM III.”
Psych’s can be stuck in a box and use one or two assessments, there are many. Look them up and request they be given.
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