My family thinks I might be autistic, I was diagnosed with add 6 years ago and I also have a lot of mental issues and a lot of stuff from that overlaps with autism and honestly I'm confused but part of me doesn't want to get tested because the only place here that tests or whatever for it literally says there going to purposely make you feel stupid and that makes me angry.
This probably sounds stupid but part of me thinks here's no way I can be autistic because I'm a very sarcastic person and can easily understand sarcasm, everyone I've talked to says autistic people can't understand sarcasm and I'm just here like?!??!??!
I almost flipped my lid , they were treating my 14 year old sister like she was 5, they were baby talking a 14 year old.
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autistic people can definitely understand sarcasm. i try to be careful and mindful on this blog bc it is something a lot of us can struggle with, but irl i’m sarcastic like 80% of the time. its my primary method of communication and humor. it varies, as most things do, but it’s very much possible to be autistic and understand sarcasm.
add/adhd and autism are both really commonly comorbid, and pretty similar in terms of a lot of symptoms, so if you have one its pretty likely you also have the other and/or have experiences that fall in the overlap. if the only place to get a dx is awful, and you already have an add dx that can get you accommodations, i say its fine to stick with self dx on the autism and get accommodations through the add dx.
the way they treated your sister is awful, god im so sorry. a lot of autism places are like that unfortunately, and other than leaving i don’t really have any advice. make sure she knows that you don’t agree with their treatment of her and that you’re on her side, and do your best to also actually be on her side. i understand if you’re in a position where you cant do a lot and im absolutely not asking you to potentially put yourself in harms way, but even a lil bit of support goes a long way.
