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Updated 11mo ago

What Does Getting Diagnosed for Autism Look Like?

What does getting diagnosed for autism look like?

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Icky

1y

I got diagnosed as a small child. I was like 5 or 6. I couldn't really tell what they were trying to do. I mostly just got to play with toys from what I can remember. I can assume that as an adult there will be a lot more questions or something. just be honest and it can help you start in the right direction, even if autism isn't the answer for you
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KoraRel

1y

They ask questions about your background and questionnaires and do some math and a few tests for me. I got diagnosed this year.
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Neptune_64

1y

I'm also around your age and afab, and I just got diagnosed. obv it's going to be different for everyone but for me I had 3 appointments. the first one I went in and talked to a neuropsychologist about what I was struggling with and my suspicions that I was autistic. next was testing, mostly testing things like intelligence but also observing how I interact socially and things like that. last appointment was meeting with the doctor again and he gave me the diagnosis and we talked about where we would go from there
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Dori_max

1y

feeling like you're whole existence is under a microscope and then being told that they dont believe you because you're not a cis white man but if you go through education its easier as other people awnser more of the forums, however that also means if you mask arround them a lot you might have some issues getting the correct awnsers
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Something_Strange

1y

I don't remember since I got diegnosed very young

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