2026-05-27 18:05 UTC
A 1980s anime handed me an honor code at ten. A clinic handed me the autism diagnosis at 48. Two names for the same nervous system, and the older one was kinder.
What is a diagnosis actually measuring?
https://medium.com/@christian.gajewski/bushido-named-my-autism-38-years-before-the-clinic-did-698c6999e1a2
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #AuDHD
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@NicelyManifest@mastodon.social 2026-05-27 19:10
@c_gajewski@mastodon.social I am autistic - AuDHD as it is commonly termed - met and talked with a fellow AuDHD today. Deep connection with palpable warmth and meaning. This is often a defining nature of those receiving greater sensory data - and by corollary, I get relentlessly saddened when non-Autistics perceived and connect at a shallow level. It feels like they have miss great depth in life experience. But a downside is that this can often overwhelm ...