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Identity with Clem Bastow

The Neurodivergent Woman

CHAPTER

How to Conceptualize an Autism Diagnosis as a Child and Adolescent

Sally Kohn was diagnosed with autism in adulthood, not as a child. She says she didn't really have a framework to conceptualize that experience at the time. As an adolescent, she found herself responding to characters of fiction who were loners or often robots or aliens. "I think I sort of skated through because I guess on some level it was cool to be a weirdo"

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