Just got back from a feedback appointment with the clinician screening me for autism and ADHD.

My self realisation as autistic and ADHD has now been confirmed by an official diagnosis.

It's about a lot more than just "am I really autistic" because the diagnosis process teased out lots of strands that I'd not considered before, like different aspects of masking and how they affect me, and how alexithymia impacts my social difficulties.

The clinician is autistic himself, and accepting of self diagnosis, which meant a lot to me. I would not have considered doing this diagnosis process if it was not for those factors.

#ActuallyAutistic @autistics

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