I’m probably going to get yelled at, but I wanted to try and get clear (to myself as much as anyone else) why self-diagnosis of autism is potentially damaging for all autistic people. Just before I start and I can’t say this strongly enough: I do not mean that I think self-diagnosis is terrible across the board, I just mean there are nuances. (And I realise the irony of trying to make autistic people see nuance, believe me!). Part 1 of a few sorry…

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3 分鐘內	Emily John gremily_yn_gymru	2) firstly, I get why people SD. I did myself (kinda) to start with, and I think almost by definition, most late diagnosed autistics will be SD to begin with. But when I came to the conclusion that probably was it was after months of reading articles, watching videos, reading research papers, taking tests online and speaking to anyone I knew who might be able to offer an opinion inc friends and family. And that’s after living with autistic children for 20 years. That’s to say: I am pretty well..