tinyhatonapumpkin:

nothingweirdhere:

I want to ask autistic tumblr’s opinion on something

So i was talking to my psychologist about the possibility of me having ASD right? And she does some assesments and stuff and then goes ‘you know I see where you’re coming from, but you’re too “"high functioning”“ to be diagnosed. Nobody will diagnose you. But if you kinda consider yourself to be a bit on the spectrum that’s alright’

Im confused by that??? So like. Do i continue to persue this? Is the answer that no im not autistic but i have autistic traits??? Its also a thing that im like,,, “”””gifted”””” which can apparently look kinda like autism… seems weird but,,,, aight i guess. I just dont know where to go from here, and i wanna know what other people think

That psychologist is full of it. Most adults and even teens exercise masking. And a lack of diagnosis – and the accomodations that come with it, can make life a lot harder. Not to mention masking all the time creates a ticking time bomb for autistic burnouts. Eventually you’ll burnout, and then you won’t look so high functioning then, now will you??

“But if you kinda consider yourself to be a bit on the spectrum that’s alright.” <- evidence that the psychologist you spoke with is not adequately trained in autism to make the calls she’s making. That sentence makes no goddamn sense. “A bit on the spectrum”??? Either you are on the spectrum or you’re not. An OLD diagnosis which isn’t a thing anymore was PDD-NOS, which could KINDA say what she’s saying – but guess what!! That’s a diagnosis! And one that was amalgamated into autism in 2013, along with Asperger’s!!

She’s talking out of her ass. Any proper autism specialist will diagnose ANY autistic, no matter how “”“"high functioning”“” they are. Literally you’d get diagnosed as “level one high functioning autism”. But you’d get diagnosed nonetheless.

Tell her you want a referral to a specialist, because you don’t trust her expertise on the matter. An assessment takes several hours long sessions, where they fucking dissect your mind, past, and thought patterns. Casual sessions like the shit you seem to be getting with her are not sufficient.