@BlueCaller@actuallyautistic a lot of people are in that position. Either too expensive or too long of a wait (if out can even find someone who will schedule a diagnostic session for an adult).
And well, there's like a very persistent pattern in all these self assessment test results 😅
Not as high as yours, but still in the "yes, lol" side of things
@alice@actuallyautistic
a) thanks for putting this together & making it easy to access
b) 👼💩 I love it when autistic folks focus on a topic and then are like "look at all the cool stuff i found!" ;)
@alice@actuallyautistic To me, it's not even a question of validity. It's necessary! If I hadn't suspected mine, it would've never been diagnosed, I've gotten so good at masking that many psychiatrists and therapists missed the OBVIOUS autism in the room when talking to me.
It took me, wondering what the fuck was wrong with me and hours of digging around to come to the conclusion that it may be autism. I met with a therapist who knowns her shit, talked to her about why I questioned it and she was like: "Oh. Yeah, it's actually quite obvious with you, can't believed no one noticed." Yeah. Me too.
Official diagnostic in the works now. This could be life changing for me. Still though, I'm resentful at the failure of the medical system and all of the people who failed, or didn't even care to see the obvious signs...
@alice@actuallyautistic thank you for this, it is a great resource! As I don't know your cat farting gif, count me in the people who now know you thanks to this rather than the gif 🙂
@alice@actuallyautistic also not only are diagnostic criteria extremely sexist and not workibg out for most bit cisbinary dudes but also is access to qualified diagnosticians extremely paywalled and hard.