63 All About AuDHD Diagnosis
& how to decide if you want one
AuDHD Flourishing · Mattia Maurée
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Show Notes
Almost all of us consider formal diagnosis in our AuDHD discovery journey. Whether it's ADHD-focused for medication, or Autism-focused for validation or accommodations.
Knowing why you want the diagnosis goes a long way in figuring out what to pursue. The main options as I currently see them are:
- full formal neuropsych testing
- provisional diagnosis with a shorter screening test
- a formal letter requesting accommodations from your provider
- self-diagnosis
- community diagnosis
This episode talks about
- The upsides and downsides of diagnosis in general
- My personal diagnosis experience (two full rounds of neuropsych testing)
- Options to approach decision-making for yourself
- How to get started if you do want diagnosis
Questions from the longer decision-making process in the episode are in the Transcript Doc
Crisis Resources:
- USA-based anonymous crisis chat
- International crisis lines
- Various types of crisis resources in about 10 countries
Monotropism resources:
- Monotropism Questionnaire and more info about it
- Monotropism explained
- Fergus Murray's 6 Starting Points for Understanding Autism
- 034 Monotropism Might Explain Everything with Fergus Murray
- 035 How Much Time Does Creating Take?
- 039 Autism "Levels" and Monotropism
Other Links mentioned:
- Devon Price's post about Autism diagnosis pros n cons
- Throw Away the Masters Tools: Liberating Ourselves From the Pathology Paradigm by Nick Walker
AuDHD Flourishing Resources:
- Like Your Brain community space
- Transcript Doc
- Email Newsletter
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