🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)Jul 28, 2023

Is autism self-diagnosis valid? Yep. 💜

Hey all, after reading dozens of research papers, and meta-analyses, and living through it, I made a thing!

I'd love it if you'd check it out! 🥰

https://codeberg.org/alicewatson/asd-self-dx/src/branch/main

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Update: I replaced the header image, now people can complain about the actual research instead of the thumbnail.

Also, before any more guys respond with gatekeepy opinions about my conclusions, try reading the paper first.

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Show threadBrain Pilgrim

@alice @actuallyautistic

1840s, they knew diagnosis. Not many lab tests and they couldn't do much for you. But they always knew what they were dealing with. Now it's all lab tests and not listening to the patient.

My doctor and I agree: I have an autoimmune disease. We're both thrilled that I'm keeping it in check with diet and supplements and mental strategies.

But when I'm horribly sick, it's never blamed on the autoimmune. That's another disease "I don't have."

Nov 18, 2023 at 8:45amToot!