[-] f1ip@lemmy.autism.place 2 points 1 week ago

Happy you liked it.

[-] f1ip@lemmy.autism.place 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, during the process of diagnosing my youngest, I chatted up one of the doctors, and she was telling me about how certain professions are packed with neurodivergent people, who are more qualified than the typicals.

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Intel worker suffering from burnout discovers he is neurodivergent. Interesting read.

[-] f1ip@lemmy.autism.place 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, no doubt. I get better parking and priority in queues. Not life changing, but if I can do it, why not?

[-] f1ip@lemmy.autism.place 3 points 1 month ago

Ear plugs are a remarkable tool. Since I did the first one, they have helped me so much. Nowadays, I take them with me any time I leave the house, and they help so much.

Hope those relationship issues are also getting better, along with the improvement in other areas you already mentioned.

[-] f1ip@lemmy.autism.place 2 points 1 month ago

For me, it was really only to know and also to have that when it comes time to talk to my youngest about it (fast approaching....). But the learning I have been doing for a while, so the diagnostic makes no difference, really. Oh wait, there was one interesting bit, doing an IQ test again to see what difference 30 years make from the first one I took (when I was trying to understand why the hell I was so "weird", but it led nowhere back then).

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I always knew I was different, but it was only at 33 that someone suggested I might have it (I was getting myself checked out after my father passed), so I talked to a doctor about it a couple of times but never truly did all the tests.

It took me having both kids diagnosed to go through the entire process to get my diagnosis (same as the kids, unsurprisingly), and I cannot avoid cursing myself at 33 for not doing it sooner. Everything I learned in the 10+ years between both things could have made that period a bit smoother, using all the tools and techniques I have acquired since.

[-] f1ip@lemmy.autism.place 3 points 1 month ago

I know that feeling.... I hope you are having an useful kind of day!

[-] f1ip@lemmy.autism.place 3 points 1 month ago

And do you love it?

[-] f1ip@lemmy.autism.place 2 points 1 month ago

You are welcome! I hope it goes well with her.

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First post here, coincidentally I stumbled on this image and I quite liked it because it is precisely what I do to my kids and myself.

Also, just got in here, so hello everyone.

f1ip

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