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Tag: self-diagnosis

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Adult Misdiagnosis: The Default Path to an Autistic Identity

Posted on October 14, 2022 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.

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Why Is Health Care So Inaccessible to Autistic People?

Posted on April 5, 2022October 24, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

We talk with Dr. Mary Doherty and Dr. Sebastian Shaw of Autistic Doctors International about how undetected barriers to health care for autistic people can lead to delayed care, serious complications, and sometimes even fatalities.

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The Importance and Power of Autistic Self-Diagnosis

Posted on April 29, 2019October 26, 2022 by Solveig Standal

When we deny the validity of self diagnosis, we fail to recognize how broken health care systems can be. We effectively restrict our support to those privileged to afford a formal diagnosis.

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