Navigating the Complexities of ADHD and Autism Diagnosis

Almost all of us consider formal diagnosis in our AuDHD discovery journey. Whether it's ADHD-focused for medication, or Autism-focused for validation or accommodations.

Knowing why you want the diagnosis goes a long way in figuring out what to pursue. The main options as I currently see them are:

• full formal neuropsych testing
• provisional diagnosis with a shorter screening test
• a formal letter requesting accommodations from your provider
• self-diagnosis
• community diagnosis

This episode talks about

1. The upsides and downsides of diagnosis in general
2. My personal diagnosis experience (two full rounds of neuropsych testing)
3. Options to approach decision-making for yourself
4. How to get started if you do want diagnosis

Questions from the longer decision-making process in the episode are in the Transcript Doc

Crisis Resources:

• USA-based anonymous crisis chat
• International crisis lines
• Various types of crisis resources in about 10 countries

Monotropism resources:

• Monotropism Questionnaire and more info about it
• Monotropism explained
• Fergus Murray's 6 Starting Points for Understanding Autism
• 034 Monotropism Might Explain Everything with Fergus Murray
• 035 How Much Time Does Creating Take?
• 039 Autism "Levels" and Monotropism

Other Links mentioned:

• Devon Price's post about Autism diagnosis pros n cons
• Throw Away the Masters Tools: Liberating Ourselves From the Pathology Paradigm by Nick Walker

AuDHD Flourishing Resources:

1. Like Your Brain community space
2. Transcript Doc
3. Email Newsletter

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