Silver Arrows<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Jaden3" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Jaden3</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@servelan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>servelan</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span></p><p>Given the climate in the US, it might be worth considering whether a professional diagnosis is better than a self diagnosis. Weigh up the pros and cons.</p><p><a href="https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/diagnosis/before-diagnosis/signs-that-a-child-or-adult-may-be-autistic#Signs%20related%20to%20the%20core%20characteristics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">autism.org.uk/advice-and-guida</span><span class="invisible">nce/topics/diagnosis/before-diagnosis/signs-that-a-child-or-adult-may-be-autistic#Signs%20related%20to%20the%20core%20characteristics</span></a></p><p>I found this list to be useful. Copy it into a word processor or print it off and highlight all the ones you see in yourself. I did that, and got my ex to highlight what he saw in me. Before that I did used to doubt, but seeing that made me realise that I do have a lot of autistic traits (already got fobbed off once when trying for a diagnosis years ago, so I'm trying again).</p><p>Mine: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@SilverArrows/113996673046166222" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@SilverArrows/</span><span class="invisible">113996673046166222</span></a></p><p>There's also the raads-r test and a few other good ones on Embrace Autism, and idrlabs.com has a few that give you a cool pie chart. I find the AQ ones to be meh, the questions are too open for interpretation, but my GP required it before he could refer me.</p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/diagnosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diagnosis</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergence</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></p>