Note that I have used the past tense of the verb “to diagnose”. I have completed my self-diagnosis, with the help of a couple of self-administered tests I was directed to online.
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Autism and self-diagnosis
22 OctIn the past few months, I have come to believe that I am probably autistic. I came to this conclusion based largely upon feedback from friends, and a bit of research online. I am very late to this realization, but the autistic community seems to mostly agree that self-diagnosis is valid. This is largely due to the extreme difficulty in obtaining an official diagnosis as an adult.
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