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selfie of Joseph Krauter, a white man with short dark brown hair, dark sunglasses, and a salt-and-pepper beard. He is on a city street.

Diagnosed Autistic While Incarcerated: An Interview With Joseph Krauter

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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Imposter Syndrome and My Late Autism Diagnosis

Part of my imposter syndrome probably has to do with the fact that, in the ’80s, an autism diagnosis didn’t exist for kids like me: I was considered merely an academically gifted, artistic, shy little girl. My autistic traits were explained away or overlooked.

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