Late diagnosis

2022-08-24T00:12:43Z

Luzenz: Created page with "Some ideas, suggestions, support for those who self assess or are assessed by formal practitioners later in life. It is confronting to review years of experiences through the lens of an alternate mentality. The way you were treated by others - sometimes physically and\or mentally abused, - opportunities not seen or missed, behaviours that others find difficult or confronting. And also the joy of recognising your unique perspectives on life, nature and the world were..."

Some ideas, suggestions, support for those who self assess or are assessed by formal practitioners later in life.

It is confronting to review years of experiences through the lens of an alternate mentality.

The way you were treated by others - sometimes physically and\or mentally abused,
- opportunities not seen or missed, behaviours that others find difficult or confronting.

And also the joy of recognising your unique perspectives on life, nature and the world were indeed just your own.

Please add your insights.

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2022-08-24T00:05:31Z

Luzenz:

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== Outmoded terminology ==

While many autists have moved away from these terms, some continue to use them to describe their experience. Please remember that people may have complex reasons for the words they choose, and that differences in vocabulary are okay. In short, while it's important to understand how these outdated terms play to most autists, it's also not helpful to police other people's word choices.

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== Allistic communication & miscommunication ==

* [[Body language]]
* [[Common sense]]
* [[Common Sense]] (Different content, should be merged.)
* [[Defence mechanism|Defence mechanisms]] (Put a lot of other stuff in here about disagreeing with people in general. Not sure if some of it should go elsewhere.)
* [[Double empathy problem]]
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* [[Responding to "How are you?"]]
* [[Social cue|Social cues]]
* [[Tone of voice]]

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* [[Autistic love languages]]
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== Autistic culture ==

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* [[Ask and guess cultures]]
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* [[Formal diagnosis]]
* [[Overlapping neurotypes|Multiple diagnoses]]
* [[Questioning]]
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* [[Self-diagnosis]]

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* [[Autism Speaks]]
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* [[Bias]]
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* [[Ethics of autism research]]
* [[History of autism]]
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== How to help ==

(I have no idea what the purpose of this section and the page below is supposed to be?)

* [[Capacity]]

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* [[Applied_Behavior_Analysis|Applied behavior analysis]]
* [[Depression]]
* [[Difficulties with mental health services]]

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* [[Aphasia]]
* [[Auditory processing disorder]]
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* [[Water cooler]]

== Senses ==

Many autistics have differences in their senses, such as maybe hypersensitive to sound but hyposensitive to smell. These articles should try to document examples of both types as well as potential ways to compensate.

* [[Auditory perception|Hearing]]
* [[Interoception]]
* [[Proprioception]]
* [[Sensory sensitivity]]
* [[Olfactory perception|Smell]]
* [[Gustatory perception|Taste]]
* [[Tactile perception|Texture]]
* [[Vestibulary perception]]
* [[Visual perception|Vision]]

== I have no idea where to put this page so I'll just put it here and hope somebody else will move it later to a more appropriate place ==

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