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Autistic adults

TheCatWoman

I've often wondered if being diagnosed later in life has any bearing on how we deal with being autistic? I mean we've had a life before diagnosis and I wonder how being diagnosed later in life affects how we see past struggles. Are we more likely to feel that we're somehow imposters as another poster commented?

I just tried looking for a list of symptoms and from what I could find there only seems to be very simple lists of common symptoms, like avoiding eye contact. I think there must be others, a much longer list that professionals refer to when making a diagnosis. I got a load of AI generated generic stuff when I searched, but that could well be due to my lack of computer skills. Can anyone find a fuller list and post it? I think it would be useful, especially the less common things like hyper-mobility and gut disorders, although gut disorders do seem to be quite common.

I thin it would be good and helpful especially for us latelings to be able to see what other symptoms there are, that aren't so common.

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  • I think the professionals mostly stick to their diagnostic manuals. Your diagnosis is based on matching your traits to the few broad categories defined there. I suppose a good professional's knack is doing that matching effectively.

    I was trying to figure out my own traits, so my starting point was interactive AI chat. I went to https://duck.ai (my go-to AI chat resource, as it's free and private), selected the "GPT-4o mini" AI, and typed "List 100 autism traits." That worked well to give me plenty of things to mull over.

    The nice thing about AI chat is that you can ask it for more details on any of the traits, get it to give you examples, etc. all without having to wade through a lot of ads and excess verbiage. For example, follow up the first instruction with "Tell me more about difficulty with small talk," or "List some co-occurring conditions," or "How are hyper-mobility and autism connected?" If it starts getting a bit too verbose, you can type, "Give me more concise answers," or something like that.

    The main thing is that it is not pre-generated AI stuff, it is a chat that responds to exactly what you ask of it and it keeps track of what you have already asked, so it knows the context. Give it a go.

  • in reply to Damojo
    Damojo said:
    The main thing is that it is not pre-generated AI stuff, it is a chat that responds to exactly what you ask of it

    You make a good suggestion, but I'm still finding the output from AI to be variable at best and if you want accuracy then it is best avoided altogether.

    There are plenty of examples of AI going off the rails recently so trusting it with anything health related would be something to avoid.

  • in reply to Iain

    I think one safety tip I've developed is not to contradict an answer you get. The AI will always end up agreeing with whatever garbage you start feeding it if you suggest that it has made a mistake.

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