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Given the recent wave of B.S. claims about autistic people being "over diagnosed," it's important to point out how many autistic people remain not just undiagnosed—but MISdiagnosed. TY to @autsciperson.bsky.social, at TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2022/10/adul... #autism #neurodiversity #autistic

thinkingautismguide.comAdult Misdiagnosis: The Default Path to an Autistic IdentityThis post is about the hundreds and thousands of autistic people who experience misdiagnosis everyday by psychiatrists & other professionals.

23/8/26, 3:26 am30 reposts82 likes

Strange old hermit

@strangeoldhermit.bsky.social

23 Aug

Diagnosed with depression and GAD in my early 30s. No GP or CBT therapist ever suggested I might be autistic. It was my wife and I that figured out I was autistic: finally diagnosed aged 44.

Amaryllis Erato (aka Mactabilis999 on PS5)

@amarylliserato.bsky.social

23 Aug

Yep. They diagnosed me in my 20s with unspecified depression. It was autistic burnout.

SeasonalPun

@pixelfish.bsky.social

25 Aug

I got officially diagnosed with autism around age 46 but not with ADHD and the doctor refused to consider I had comorbidity. So she medicated me for anxiety and nerves, which left me becalmed and incapable of motivating myself. I got off the meds and feel better but the adhd is still untreated.