The most frequently-used screening measurement for autistic adults is the Autism Spectrum Quotient, or the AQ. But can it be reliable?
ADHDers have what has been called an “interest-based nervous system.” We might have difficulty concentrating on something difficult or uninteresting, but we can also hyperfocus on the things that we’re really into. The real experience of ADHD is not a deficit of attention, but an inability to regulate it.
On why self-diagnosis is valid and how to accept yourself as belonging to the autistic community (Part 2 of 2).
Starting therapy on the very first day of my university classes in August didn’t seem like a bad idea. No real crisis was happening, as