Tag Archives: Diagnosis

Book Review: What I Mean When I Say I’m Autistic by Annie Kotowicz

What I Mean When I Say I’m Autistic: Unpuzzling a Life on the Autism Spectrum is part memoir, part survival guide, and all relatable. This brand new … Book Review: What I Mean When I Say I’m Autistic by Annie Kotowicz

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A Brief Overview Of Simon Baron-Cohen’s Autism Research

*Please note this is a critique of Simon’s research and published work and not personal character defamation. As I have never met Simon, I cannot … A Brief Overview Of Simon Baron-Cohen’s Autism Research

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Diagnosis of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and What a Flare Up is Like

Clues From My Childhood My whole life I had had random pain and injuries I could not explain. I was often told I was faking it or doing it for … Diagnosis of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and What a Flare Up is Like

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Confidentiality of Diagnostic Paperwork

This oddly enough comes up a lot especially in advocate spaces. There is always some misguided person demanding to see the diagnostic paperwork from an advocate in order to prove that they are autistic. However they have NO legal right to it as it’s protected under the law. However even when someone has NO legal right to the information, people

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How CBC News Failed Autistics

So I woke up this morning checking my social media sites and when I came across on Autism article. I of course clicked on CBC’s news article thinking that it would be interesting.. instead what I found was an article full of misinformation. There is a notable lack of Autistic voices in the article. (Article linked at the bottom of

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The why behind Cluster B ableism

T.W THIS ARTICLE DISSECTS THE DSM CRITERIA & THE DESCRIPTION OF ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR. GOAL IS TO SHOW THERE IS NO REAL LINK BETWEEN A PERSONALITY … The why behind Cluster B ableism

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Validity of Self Dx

The Validity of Self Dx Part 1 Financial Difficulties Financials can be a large factor making it difficult for an adult to get a diagnosis. Aside … Validity of Self Dx

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Connie Manning: The Bully

Connie has come after me before. In Fact she goes after a lot of advocates, what’s sadder though is that she has a cult like following that thinks everything she does is peachy keen. This was a post about my Autistic Goblin Facebook page it’s pretty clear who they are targeting and why. I’m not into their little mean girl

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The Autistic Brain: Apple Vs. Android

So with April coming up and what should Autism Acceptance Month instead of Autism Awareness Month I thought I would share how I view the difference between a Neuro Typical brain and that of someone with a Neuro Divergent Brain. So I view Neuro Typical brains as Apple. Why? Because their brains can do things smoothly, in boring predictable ways

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Connie Manning CEO of CalmWear

This lady is just wow in not in a good way. Trigger warnings up people because the pictures of her comments on my Facebook page are just plain nasty. Before I get into that though let’s take a look at her personally and the best way to do that is with her tweets. Meet Connie a Warrior Mom that uses

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Should You Get A Diagnosis?

Honestly this question gets asked a lot on social media whether it’s Facebook, Reddit or YouTube. A lot more people are getting diagnosed in school (lucky) but those that got missed because Autism was barely understood until most of us are past high school, it costs money. Adult Screening Tool can help you decide if should go for it as

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