Christian GajewskiA 1980s anime handed me an honor code at ten. A clinic handed me the autism diagnosis at 48. Two names for the same nervous system, and the older one was kinder.
What is a diagnosis actually measuring?
Neil Moffatt@c_gajewski I am autistic - AuDHD as it is commonly termed - met and talked with a fellow AuDHD today. Deep connection with palpable warmth and meaning.
This is often a defining nature of those receiving greater sensory data - and by corollary, I get relentlessly saddened when non-Autistics perceived and connect at a shallow level.
It feels like they have miss great depth in life experience. But a downside is that this can often overwhelm ...