6 Obscure Signs you're Actually Autistic

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📒 Sources 📒:
DSM-5 book: https://dsm.psychiatryonline.org/doi/...
DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria: https://www.tricare-west.com/content/...
Different not Less by Chloe Hayden (read if you want to cry):
https://amzn.to/40fKx2m
Autism diagnoses could be twice as high: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/jun/n...
Autism is Underdiagnosed: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...
Leo Kanner Early Work: https://autismtruths.org/pdf/Autistic...
Autism and Perfectionism: https://link.springer.com/article/10....
Eating Disorders & perfectionism:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7757095/
Eating Disorders and Autism: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36213...
BPS Article - I Can Only Apologise: https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/i...
Donald Triplett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_...
Panic Attack: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-s...
BPD and Autism: https://embrace-autism.com/its-not-bp...
Emerging unstable BPS: https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/a...
BPD Traits: https://www.verywellmind.com/borderli...
https://floridabhcenter.org/wp-conten...
Research on Burnout: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/1...
Catatonia: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-heal....
https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-...
Burnout Tips: https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-...
Dyspraxia and Autism: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/e...
https://www.spectrumnews.org/features...
Dyspraxia Foundation: https://dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/wh...
ADHD and Autism: https://www.spectrumnews.org/features...
What is Autistic Inertia: https://autismawarenesscentre.com/wha...
Autism and Inertia Study: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub...

📖 *Books I'd Recommend about Autism 📖 :

Aspergirls by Rudy Simone:
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Different not Less by Chloe Hayden (read if you want to cry):
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Unmasking Autism by Devon Price:
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00:00 Some things are missing from the DSM-5?
02:40 Can you handle mistakes?
06:23 The Most 'Disordered' Trait? (Skip here if you want to avoid ED talk)
11:30 Are you exhausted?
15:03: Should these two things be a separate diagnosis?
17:29 The most disabling part of being autistic?
19:39 Doctors need to learn about this...
22:29 Too social to be autistic?

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DISCLAIMER: I am a second-year psychology student and a late-diagnosed #actuallyautistic individual. I am not a qualified healthcare professional.