Autistic girl community on Yik Yak | I'm so sick and tired of all my friends saying they're autistic as a half joke meanwhile I am struggling to actually get a diagnostician

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I'm so sick and tired of all my friends saying they're autistic as a half joke meanwhile I am struggling to actually get a diagnostician

Anonymous 2w

how do u know ur autistic and theyre not tho lmao i could say the same as somebody who’s been diagnosed for years i can say im tired of people saying they wanna get diagnosed when they’re not autistic and there’s autistic people out there who can’t get diagnosed because of the first kind of people

Anonymous

#2 2w

My mom and both of my brothers are diagnosed with autism. I've been showing signs since I was little (I didn't really talk until I was around four, I've always been the weird kid, I have a staring problem, etc.). I had an appointment set up but then the doctor passed away and he was really the only one that specialized in autism for girls/teenagers in my town. I'm not saying none of my friends have autism or there is no way I don't have it, two of my friends are actually diagnosed (I love them)

Anonymous

OP 2w

But the signs the others talk about having are stuff like hyperfixation, special interests, and stuff of that sort. Meanwhile I have had meltdowns because I couldn't sit in the same spot at lunch. They all also joke about my autism but if it's a symptom that affects them somewhere they lose all sympathy and I need to get over it.

Anonymous

OP 2w

okay but do u see them all the time at every waking moment? how do u know they don’t go thru that lol

Anonymous

#2 2w

It is completely possible that they do! But considering the way they treat not only me but our other friends (who are diagnosed) and the fact that I've known them for years, I'm just not sure that ALL of them have it. Either way I wish they would stop watering down autism to quirkiness or liking things a lot.