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Diagnosed Autistic While Incarcerated: An Interview With Joseph Krauter

October 23, 2023November 13, 2023 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Joseph Krauter is an autistic writer and tech worker who was diagnosed as an adult, while serving time at San Quentin Prison in California. We talked with Joseph about how his life could have been different with earlier diagnosis and supports, the difficulty of receiving an autism diagnosis while incarcerated, and how his life has changed since both his autism diagnosis and his re-integration into society.

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Adult Misdiagnosis: The Default Path to an Autistic Identity

October 14, 2022July 22, 2023 by Autistic Science Person

This post is about the hundreds and thousands of autistic people who are misdiagnosed everyday by psychiatrists, psychologists, and other professionals.

Book cover with a black background, with silhouettes of people of all sizes and a dog, in a rainbow of colors. Rainbow-colored text at the top reads, "Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism."

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Knowing Why Is Everything: An Interview With Editor Elizabeth Bartmess on Adult-Diagnosed Autistic Perspectives

November 2, 2018September 13, 2022 by Sarah Kurchak

Knowing Why is a valuable resource for anyone who has been through the process of being diagnosed or self-diagnosed as autistic in adulthood, anyone who wants to better understand us, and anyone who might be wondering if they might be autistic themselves.