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Diagnosis of autism despite being able to...

NAS81003

Hi there

Has anyone been diagnosed with autism/adhd despite being able to:

-read facial expressions 

-understand intonation 

-make and understand jokes

-appear to be ‘normal’ / neurotypical.

Thanks for your time : )

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  • Like Dawn pointed out, there are many things we can learn. After all, we're all human. The difference is consciously thinking-through what is happening and making the effort to apply learned Responses rather than these social cues being 'innate'. 

    No one would've thought I was autistic, but little was understood about how it's just a different Neuro-Wiring. I took theatre classes and elocution, I learned the art of dialogue (allowing others their moment for sharing) and was rather quiet anyway. 

    Jokes, if we classify them under Rhetoric, can be popped into different categories. Sometimes Dad Jokes are funny simply because we are friends with another. I personally find Irony funny and Sarcasm rather pointless. One is a clever twist with language, where pragmatics is key, the other is just glorified complaining. There are many other types. 

    I'd have a look at some YouTubers maybe.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcqBgXCxddE 

    See if you relate. At this point, that's one of the best ways to self-diagnose. Also, this one points out the user errors we tend to run into https://thinkingautismguide.com/2022/01/autism-checklist-of-doom.html

    This is a good site autisticscienceperson.com

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  • Like Dawn pointed out, there are many things we can learn. After all, we're all human. The difference is consciously thinking-through what is happening and making the effort to apply learned Responses rather than these social cues being 'innate'. 

    No one would've thought I was autistic, but little was understood about how it's just a different Neuro-Wiring. I took theatre classes and elocution, I learned the art of dialogue (allowing others their moment for sharing) and was rather quiet anyway. 

    Jokes, if we classify them under Rhetoric, can be popped into different categories. Sometimes Dad Jokes are funny simply because we are friends with another. I personally find Irony funny and Sarcasm rather pointless. One is a clever twist with language, where pragmatics is key, the other is just glorified complaining. There are many other types. 

    I'd have a look at some YouTubers maybe.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcqBgXCxddE 

    See if you relate. At this point, that's one of the best ways to self-diagnose. Also, this one points out the user errors we tend to run into https://thinkingautismguide.com/2022/01/autism-checklist-of-doom.html

    This is a good site autisticscienceperson.com

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