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\n(clipped from: What are the different types of Neurodiversity<\/a>? )<\/p>\n
One in five Americans is dyslexic to a greater or lesser extent. One in ten has some kind of ‘attention deficit’. One in 25 is ‘dyspraxic’. I don’t fall into any of those categories. Nor do I have Tourette’s, or any of the less common types of neurodivergence<\/a>. <\/p>\n That leaves the possibility of autism. I’ve considered it before. <\/p>\n I considered it again when I stumbled across this:<\/p>\n Could you be Autistic and not even know? | 15 Signs of undiagnosed autism<\/a><\/p>\n There was a lot of overlap between who I am and the 15 signs, but other stuff didn’t fit. There are MANY Internet videos along these lines, most of them published by people who say they have the condition themselves, and who you would basically never guess do. I guess they’re autistic but ‘high-functioning’, as popular academic language would have it. <\/p>\n So I tried again to figure out an answer by taking a test, and it came out like this:<\/p>\n “Well, it’s like this, son. You’re sorta artistic and sorta not. We’re gonna call you spergy. It’s sorta Autism Lite!”<\/p>\n In my ungrateful opinion, that is … worse than useless. <\/p>\n I have an alternative theory. It goes something like this.<\/p>\n In more than one way, my brain functions outside the typical (normal, healthy) way. So I’m not neurotypical. I am quite markedly ‘neurodiverse’. <\/p>\n But it’s not dyslexia or ADHD or Tourette’s, and it’s almost certainly not exactly “Autism” either. <\/p>\n I am fucked in the head, both beautifully and pathologically. <\/p>\n I have Vairtere’s syndrome. <\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n One more little thought, on the question of whether these Spectrum Disorders are mental illnesses, or not. <\/p>\n The first two links I found on the subject don’t see eye to eye with each other. <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.vairtere.com\/spill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/asqTest.jpg\")
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