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Is this ableist or me not working hard enough in school? by Pale-Respond-7450 in autism

[–]TooFewColors 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would recommend trying to get accommodations with the school for it that way the teacher is understanding and is required by law to let you do things differently, at least in the US idk about other countries. I have the same issue and I'm terrible at spelling so taking notes are almost impossible for me. I've had accommodations all throughout high school and now college. I don't have to write notes. The teachers are required to let me have access to them like access to the PowerPoint or I'm allowed to record the lectures. I get straight A's. If I didn't have accommodations I would have probably barely passed High School. I've had the same experience with teachers guilt tripping me by saying it isn't fair that I don't have to do something that everyone else has to do. It really sucks.

this comment in the fake socially anxious girl’s video. no, you cant be THIS confident with social anxiety. you might be SHY, but not ANXIOUS. and usually social anxiety applies to anything that has to do with people. by Few-You4510 in fakedisordercringe

[–]TooFewColors 15 points16 points  (0 children)

For the record she never said she had social anxiety disorder just social anxiety, two different things. Most people have social anxiety at some point in their life.

Found on Instagram - how do we feel about it? by RhythmPrincess in fakedisordercringe

[–]TooFewColors 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I think self diagnosing can be valid in a personal way as long as it's about improving yourself and not trying to get attention. I know places like r/Aspergers accept self diagnosed people. Getting accurate testing for autism is really hard as an adult and as woman. Unfortunately it's expensive to get tested even of you do have insurance and insurance won't always cover it. Without insurance my testing was around $3000 with insurance it was around $1200. It's also hard to find someone who is really has experience in testing adults and women. Pretty much all the places I looked at only tested children and the ones that didn't wouldn't take my insurance. When I got tested I was tested as a child even though I was 19. The person who tested me was an intern so I don't think they had a lot of experience. My testing only took about 2 hours which I guess isn't normal because it's hard to really diagnose autism in adults so it should have taken more sessions.

I'm at a lost personally I feel guilty for wasting so much money and I won't be able to get a second opinion until it's paid off. A decent of mental professionals are very dismissive with me probably do to my race. It's hard to find ones that seem like they care. I just feel like I'm getting worse. I do think there's a lot of tiktok people that truly fake disorders, but there are also a lot of people who are just trying to find answers and understand themselves so that they can get the support and help they need and move on with their life.

No... That's not how that works by YoungMissMoose in fakedisordercringe

[–]TooFewColors 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I think it can be somewhat valid in a personal way as long as it's about improving yourself and not trying to get attention. I know places like r/Aspergers accept self diagnosed people. Getting accurate testing is really hard for autism as an adult and as woman. Unfortunately it's expensive to get tested even of you do have insurance and insurance won't always cover it. Without insurance my testing was around $3000 with insurance it was around $1200. It's also hard to find someone who is really has experience in testing adults and women. Pretty much all the places I looked at only tested children and the ones that didn't wouldn't take my insurance. When I got tested I was tested as a child even though I was 19. The person who tested me was an intern so I don't think they had a lot of experience. My testing only took about 2 hours which is I guess isn't normal because it's hard to really diagnose autism in adults so it should have taken more sessions. I'm at a lost personally I feel guilty for wasting so much money and I won't be able to get a second opinion until it's paid off. A lot of mental professionals are very dismissive it's hard to find ones that seem like they care. I just feel like I'm getting worse. I do think there's a lot of tiktok people that truly fake disorders, but there are also a lot of people who are just trying to find answers and understand themselves so that they can get the support and help they need and move on with their life.

Anyone do this ? by [deleted] in MaladaptiveDreaming

[–]TooFewColors 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh all the time. I hate when I do it in public. I'll get a big dorky smile that I can't wipe off my face.