Jun 7, 2025
Still undiagnosed high-masking autistic women still being good little girls and masking like they've always had to do as 2025 progresses:
#fr i got into a convo earlier in the kitchen and kinda may have had a little bladder oopsie due to interoception + masking 😿#actually autistic#autistic girls#autism in women#autism in girls#autistic afab#for sake of an (my attempt at) brevity in the post just said girls but you're all included if the DSM wasn't based on you#high-masking autistics#high-masking autistic women#i guess on a wider level this really applies to all autistics struggling thru the current attack on autism#i may not be in the US but I am really not happy about it#I'm sure you all know what i am referring to#late-diagnosed autistic women#still waiting for a diagnosis tbh#costs $1600 private to get here#and the only funded option is a mere subsidy of like $400 NZD - only available for children if memory serves#I'm sure we all know by now around these parts that diagnosis is a privilege#and for various reasons beyond the already highly-inaccessible out-of-pocket cost#hyperverbal autistic#i don't even know what's masking and what's not at this point#but i still feel the HEAVY burden of it all#this is fine autism edition#this is fine autistic edition#please someone save autistic girls from a lifetime of this shit#stop ABA#shut down Autism Speaks#let autistic girls know they are safe#listen to them when they speak up hpwever that may be#“autism mums” please stop speaking over your kids and the community and listen to their true voice. their needs#however they are able to communicate. for the love of god don't shove them in ABA. give them PROPER OUTLETS
