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Subject: "Are autistic people just making it up?"

When I was questioned in this podcast, the gist of what was being said about autistic people was:

‘Maybe these people are not recognising a real pattern in themselves — maybe they’re just reaching for a label because society is crap.’

That was the implication.

(Minute 35:33)

https://neurosense.substack.com/p/why-we-need-to-reframe-autism-with

I answered ⬇️

#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Autism #AuDHD #ADHD

Why we need to reframe autism with Katy Elphinstone

In the fourth episode of Let’s Talk Neurosense, we talked to Katy Elphinstone, autistic advocate, researcher and author of How to Raise Happy Neurofabulous Children: A Parent’s Guide.

Let's Talk Neurosense: the Psychology of Neurodiversity

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SecondUniverse (she/her/they)4d ago

@KatyElphinstone I thought I was autistic for a long time but also thought I was "making it up". It was a painful sense of internal disbelief. That's why I went for a formal diagnosis. But even now, I can't fully shake that feeling.