I’ve been questioning for over a decade if I might be autistic. Looking at this list I feel like I have nearly all 39 symptoms (right word?) but none of them would score very high for me. Not sure if I’d benefit from an autism diagnosis.
IMO, what’s important is not the diagnosis. Rather, it’s the coping mechanisms that you implement to help you live in society.
But those steps can be learned without the diagnosis; medical help is just a big jump forward in learning what to do.
Everyone has trouble with some things, be it neurotypicals, autists, ADHDers… and everyone has to learn how to live with themselves. Obviously it’s easier for some than for others, but it has to be done.
I’ve been questioning for over a decade if I might be autistic. Looking at this list I feel like I have nearly all 39 symptoms (right word?) but none of them would score very high for me. Not sure if I’d benefit from an autism diagnosis.
IMO, what’s important is not the diagnosis. Rather, it’s the coping mechanisms that you implement to help you live in society.
But those steps can be learned without the diagnosis; medical help is just a big jump forward in learning what to do.
Everyone has trouble with some things, be it neurotypicals, autists, ADHDers… and everyone has to learn how to live with themselves. Obviously it’s easier for some than for others, but it has to be done.