Neurodivergence

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All things neurodivergent and relating to the broader neurodivergent community (and communities).

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Parenting a Neurodivergent child (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Who here is parenting an ND child?

Has finding out their diagnosis also led to you or their other parent to a late diagnosis?

Any resources you'd like to share with the community?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I'm the father of a son with Asperger's/High Functioning Autism. (He was diagnosed just before Asperger's was folded into Autism in general.) As I was reading up on Autism to see what my son was going through, I realized something weird. All these books on Autism were talking about me.

Now, once always known I was different, but I chalked this up to "stunted social growth due to excessive bullying in high school." Of course, this didn't explain why I did some things into my mid-30's.

I came to the realization that I'm Autistic. It was a tough realization to come to. My entire sense of self felt like it was destroyed. Everything I thought I knew about myself was wrong and I needed to rebuild my sense of self from scratch. Once I got over the shock, though, everything about my life made a lot more sense.

I never got a diagnosis, though, for various reasons. It would cost money when money was tight. It wouldn't have helped my son and I also had (unknowingly) developed coping mechanisms. So I'm undiagnosed, but 100% positive that I'm ND.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

@TechyDad Welvome to the not-so-exclusive club! I am actually working on a formal #diagnosis. I recognize certain #challenges in my life — many of which I’ve battled my entire life — that I really want to improve if I can. Clutter. Piles. Demand avoidance. Anxiety. The panic of deadlines. Social #anxiety.

Of course everyone’s path is different. But if you do have challenges that bother you, don’t overlook the chance of getting help. #actuallyAutistic #AuDHD

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've got to ask, I'm still figuring this whole Fediverse thing out- is your user account hosted on Mastodon or Lemmy? This comment was posted to the Neurodivergence community, and your account comes up as a Lemmy account, but then it's implied that it's really coming from Mastodon (and I had no idea hash-tags and the @ symbol would work across both).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

@Mummelpuffin This account is on a #nastodon host. So if you’re seeing it on #kemmy then I’d offer, “Welcone to the #fediverse!”

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