My adult son is clearly on the spectrum (seems to avoid getting diagnosed, though I think it would do him a lot of good). When he was very young, he would come home in tears if another kid was chewing gum in class, which was against the rules. That kind of thing is still a huge issue for him (rule breaking, not gum chewing).
i have had severe autism my entire life and i have never ever given a single fuck about the law.
that’s because i learned pretty early on that the law is routinely wrong about major things, and there’s not much of a point to believe in it too much. however, i do have a very strong sense of “justice” (though i don’t call it that, and it’s also significantly different than other people’s ideas of justice) that i do live by very strictly.
Sometimes tho, the diagnosis is not about getting “fixed”. It’s about getting answers for your life. I got my diagnosis when I was in my 30s. It changed the way I see myself and the way I react to the world, but not because I’m not “fixed”; it changed it because now I know there is a reason for things being this way and I know how I work.
My adult son is clearly on the spectrum (seems to avoid getting diagnosed, though I think it would do him a lot of good). When he was very young, he would come home in tears if another kid was chewing gum in class, which was against the rules. That kind of thing is still a huge issue for him (rule breaking, not gum chewing).
i have had severe autism my entire life and i have never ever given a single fuck about the law.
that’s because i learned pretty early on that the law is routinely wrong about major things, and there’s not much of a point to believe in it too much. however, i do have a very strong sense of “justice” (though i don’t call it that, and it’s also significantly different than other people’s ideas of justice) that i do live by very strictly.
If he gets through life alright, there’s no need for a diagnosis.
Sometimes tho, the diagnosis is not about getting “fixed”. It’s about getting answers for your life. I got my diagnosis when I was in my 30s. It changed the way I see myself and the way I react to the world, but not because I’m not “fixed”; it changed it because now I know there is a reason for things being this way and I know how I work.
Which is exactly why its not always nescessary to get a diagnosis if it’s not bothering you
Hey, if you already know, do you even need a diagnosis?
Yeah, but he does struggle with a lot of things. Pretty sure he also has ADHD. I know folks who were helped immensely by meds.
in that case it might be helpful, yes.