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I was told I do not have autism by a psychologist doing my ADOS assessment as 1. My communication skills are too good and 2. I don’t really suffer meltdowns? Is this accurate? I only fulfilled 1 out of 3 sections he said. I’m Interested in recently diagnosed adult females’ opinions? 

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  • 1.Autistic people can be very articulate. 2. Some people can often have shutdowns rather than meltdowns but as far as I'm aware,  neither are actually part of diagnostic category of the "triad of impairments". It's taken me a while even after diagnosis to understand what a meltdown means to me. If I was asked about this before assessment I would have said I didn't have them.

    You might not be autistic but I think it's important you feel you've had a fair hearing.

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  • 1.Autistic people can be very articulate. 2. Some people can often have shutdowns rather than meltdowns but as far as I'm aware,  neither are actually part of diagnostic category of the "triad of impairments". It's taken me a while even after diagnosis to understand what a meltdown means to me. If I was asked about this before assessment I would have said I didn't have them.

    You might not be autistic but I think it's important you feel you've had a fair hearing.

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