tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698037740166386733.post7842241191686859502..comments2024-02-14T22:44:31.941-08:00Comments on The Gonzo Mama: #AutisticsSpeakingDay: Growing Up Autistic Without a Diagnosis, and the Importance of CommunityChristina-Marie Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16669501917338549778noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698037740166386733.post-82379266373833552762020-11-09T06:43:18.912-08:002020-11-09T06:43:18.912-08:00Loved coming across your post... Completely identi...Loved coming across your post... Completely identified with your logic behind not giving a damn about the bloody cows!<br /><br />I'm also going through the process of adult diagnosis... Most likely with Innattentive-ADHD as well..<br /><br />So I get the full dose of executive function impairment as well as the sensory sensitivity and oddballness... But never been a big one on stimming or routine, since Im naturally figetty don't even have a normal sense of routine to begin with! Bahah!<br /><br />Honoured to float by and stand and awkwardly try to figure out how to say hello across the crowded room of cyberspace! <br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Aaron Scott :DAaron Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07938046277297550665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698037740166386733.post-68257705253886291002020-06-27T14:35:23.726-07:002020-06-27T14:35:23.726-07:00This blog entry was all too familiar to me, and to...This blog entry was all too familiar to me, and to my girlfriend, who also read it and related. I grew up in the eighties and nineties; I was in my teens before Asperger's Syndrome was even a real diagnosis. I remember an activity in school where everyone had to make a "nice" comment to each other person in the class. Everyone always said I was "unique." It was the only polite comment they could think of, kind of a backhanded compliment. After years of mental health treatment, a psychiatrist I was seeing said I may be on the autism spectrum. It clarified my past a lot. My girlfriend of 13 years has similar quirks, and we believe she is probably autistic as well. My childhood may have been a train wreck, but at least now I have found love with someone who understands me. We are always researching and discussing our mutual obsessions, without feeling judged, like usual. It was a hard journey, but worth it.<br />~Ricki Speranza Tikvahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413202604132780967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698037740166386733.post-41648247867326301712019-11-25T09:57:09.007-08:002019-11-25T09:57:09.007-08:00Thank you for this. I am not diagnosed with autism...Thank you for this. I am not diagnosed with autism - in fact, I was assessed as a child and determined to not be autistic because my verbal skills were incredibly advanced for my age, rather than the reverse. So I was labelled "poorly adjusted" instead. But what you describe, that was my world through and through. Thank you again.Daria Leanne Dykeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113782217311206155noreply@blogger.com