I think you did an excellent job of describing your personal version of autism. Wouldn't it be interesting if everyone would introduce themselves by answering in a similar format to this video? If someone asks, how I'm doing or feeling, I'll take several minutes to answer. Otherwise, I feel that I wasn't truthful or was insufficient in my reply.
I think a lot of assumptions many people have about autism don't consider the intensity of what any particular autistic person is dealing with. Intensity and depth of mental processing is a considerable factor in how well an autistic person functions daily. Maybe the level of intensity, amount of information, depth of processing and ability to process could be a more accurate way to assess or describe a given level of autism.
Definitely agree that a more comprehensive way of assessing the level of autism should be more nuanced and look at more than support needs, support needs are an important part of the assessment of levels but it doesn't take in to account internal and unseen effects of the experience and more the external effect we may have on the world.
@OneAutisticPerson You've made a very good point about including personal experiences. How we perceive the world and our stresses aren't normally considered during diagnosing. Perception is usually from the outside in. That is from the viewpoint of the diagnosing party, which is usually an NT. This is all new ground to explore. Neurodivergent diagnosing is in its early stages.
I think you did an excellent job of describing your personal version of autism. Wouldn't it be interesting if everyone would introduce themselves by answering in a similar format to this video? If someone asks, how I'm doing or feeling, I'll take several minutes to answer. Otherwise, I feel that I wasn't truthful or was insufficient in my reply.
I think a lot of assumptions many people have about autism don't consider the intensity of what any particular autistic person is dealing with. Intensity and depth of mental processing is a considerable factor in how well an autistic person functions daily. Maybe the level of intensity, amount of information, depth of processing and ability to process could be a more accurate way to assess or describe a given level of autism.
Definitely agree that a more comprehensive way of assessing the level of autism should be more nuanced and look at more than support needs, support needs are an important part of the assessment of levels but it doesn't take in to account internal and unseen effects of the experience and more the external effect we may have on the world.
@OneAutisticPerson You've made a very good point about including personal experiences. How we perceive the world and our stresses aren't normally considered during diagnosing. Perception is usually from the outside in. That is from the viewpoint of the diagnosing party, which is usually an NT. This is all new ground to explore. Neurodivergent diagnosing is in its early stages.