Is it okay to ask an autistic person “Are you sure?”
Inappropriate Questions
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Is Self Diagnosis a Bad Idea?
"If someone's like, hay, i'm artistic, people are like, all right. Noboysfantilis you ortenderly treat you like you'redn," she says. "It is very hard to get diagnosed as an adult." The diagnostic criteria were literally made after studying some young white boys that are artistic. 'I am not playing with trains by myself in a dark room for six hours on end,' the 30-year-old woman adds.
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