Processing Being Told About my Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder
I was diagnosed when i was 4 or so, the exact age of diagnosis isn't really known, and i was told when i was a little bit older and might have been able to understand the news of my having autism. My parents sat me down on the couch one night and told me of my diagnosis, while they used videos of a Canadian hero to drive home the point that autism is a superpower. The guy had cancer, not autism or it was simply speculation. Then, literally, that was it when it came to my having autism. There wasn't any more details. Everything made sense afterwards. I don't think i was able to understand, or connect the dots, whenever i was told but i started to understand why i was put into another school and into this room for the whole day as i grew, or after every single day. And why i was in ABA therapy every half day when i was younger than i was told i had autism. And afterwards, i only saw autism through myself. Meaning that i knew autism made you a bit stupid, for lack of a bette...
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