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How to tell someone they are autistic

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How do I tell an adult that they might be autistic, without trying to sound rude, or offending them? What happens if they go into denial? I am fairly confident that the subject is autistic, but they're an adult. Is there any hope left in curing them???

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  • Perhaps "having some Aspergers characteristics" is a more user-friendly way of putting it than Autistic. There has been much debate on here about labelling, but I favour the gentle approach.

    As a nation we tend to use the word alzeimers for dementure, even when it is wrong and "the big C" for cancer. People say " getting a bit wobbly" for depression and anxiety and tummy upset for etc etc etc.

    Euphemisms allow a subject to sink in slowly, rather than going into total denial and getting upset about it.

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  • Perhaps "having some Aspergers characteristics" is a more user-friendly way of putting it than Autistic. There has been much debate on here about labelling, but I favour the gentle approach.

    As a nation we tend to use the word alzeimers for dementure, even when it is wrong and "the big C" for cancer. People say " getting a bit wobbly" for depression and anxiety and tummy upset for etc etc etc.

    Euphemisms allow a subject to sink in slowly, rather than going into total denial and getting upset about it.

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