It was fairly recently, like in the last couple of years. I've been getting more comfortable referring to myself as just "autistic" lately, but I still use it when I talk about my diagnosis because a) it's on the paperwork, so it's a good habit to get into when talking to social workers so they don't reject my application for falsification and b) I end up talking to a lot of parents who have just had their young kids diagnosed and it seems to be helpful in getting across what I want to say to them, which is "Yeah, little Billy's gonna be okay."
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Re: i just wanted to get this off my chest
(Anonymous) 2016-03-22 06:03 am (UTC)(link)Re: i just wanted to get this off my chest
(Anonymous) 2016-03-22 06:58 am (UTC)(link)It was fairly recently, like in the last couple of years. I've been getting more comfortable referring to myself as just "autistic" lately, but I still use it when I talk about my diagnosis because a) it's on the paperwork, so it's a good habit to get into when talking to social workers so they don't reject my application for falsification and b) I end up talking to a lot of parents who have just had their young kids diagnosed and it seems to be helpful in getting across what I want to say to them, which is "Yeah, little Billy's gonna be okay."
Re: i just wanted to get this off my chest
(Anonymous) 2016-03-22 06:59 am (UTC)(link)To clarify--Asperger's was recently de-listed in the last couple of years, but I got my diagnosis long before it was de-listed.