“What I’m sketching here certainly isn’t definitive. It’s a model I’m workshopping, built from themes I’ve seen surface over and over, personally, clinically, and in community.

It most closely reflects late-identified and self-recognizing neurodivergent adults, especially those who spent years masking or passing as neurotypical.

It isn’t meant to speak for all Autistic people, particularly those with higher support needs, co-occurring intellectual disability, or whose identity was shaped by early diagnosis or institutional settings.“

https://neurodivergentinsights.com/the-neurodivergent-identity-arc/

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