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Is it possible that gender dysphoria could be misdiagnosed as autism?

I feel like it's a bit of a long shot. I could see how certain things like being depressed could contribute to being withdrawn and lead to a lack of social skills....

My encouragement to the others

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Internal dynamics during a hyperfocus session ( lemmy.world )

Image: They Don't Know meme template....

We may not have everything pinned down yet, partially because of the "I am/my kid is special too!" movement; but if several or more symptoms aren't shared, the specific label shouldn't be shared. ( lemm.ee )

Matthew explains autism to Philip [The Chosen] ( youtu.be )

The Chosen is a video series based on the Biblical New Testament. It does like to take a good bit of creative liberty, to make it a good series, such as fleshing out minor characters in the Bible, inventing backstories and personalities for them, many are fully fleshed characters based on some brief description from the Bible....

Respect ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/17147012...

[Video] Why do autistic people toe walk? ( youtu.be )

The fear of being perceived + autism ( lemonandlively.com )

Did I do a faux pas here? I literally figuratively get more autistic when I have to txt ( lemmy.world )

why did the app do me like that with the spacing...

$1 grilled cheese (Does anyone else here like their food super simple and plain?) ( mander.xyz )

Social interaction ( lemmy.zip )

"Please stop telling me to leave my comfort zone" ( www.theguardian.com )

I came across this article from 2018 and it really spoke to me as a late-diagnosed autistic only just learning what "comfortable" feels like.

I wish I knew, for my entire life, why people will choose to sit in any other seat before they choose to sit near me on transit. Do I exude autism?

See title....

When the request is too vague ( lemmy.world )

Introducing /c/autism!

Welcome! I look forward to growing this community is a healthy fashion. Please review the sidebar....

I'm an officially diagnosed Autistic and a self diagnosed Narcissist. AMA

This was suggested to me by @BackOnMyBS....

I've been trying to figure out people. ( www.youtube.com )

I don't know how to explain. But this video clicks a few pieces together for me....

identifying triggers for overload

Hi ppl,...

The voice in your head may help you recall and process words. But what if you don’t have one? ( theconversation.com )

How does this play for you ? I identify as spectrum, what used to be Asperger's, and have to work really hard to get to visual phantasia, but I can. Also worked hard to remove aural phantasia? via meditation because of negative self talk. Do you see 'aphant' as a useful designation? Thoughts, Ideas?

Orion Kelly - Unravelling Autistic Shutdowns ( youtu.be )

A video covering what they look like and what can trigger them.

Google and/or Wikipedia displaying signs of autism ( lemmy.ml )

Was amused by this showing up fairly deep in the results on a search for "autism late assessment percent". Not sure what caused it, when I google "autism spectrum" the wikipedia result doesn't look like this....

Frontiers | Increased risk of acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a nation-wide cohort study in Taiwan ( www.frontiersin.org )

I expect this to be common knowledge for much of the audience here, but...

Matrix space changed name

We have changed the name of our matrix space to better reflect it's separate identity. Nothing was changed besides the name....

Autism