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I'm an undiagnosed, presumably autistic person. Pretending to be one makes me feel comfy womfy. (feddit.org)
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So. I was just wondering. I am not sure if I am an autist. But if i try to pretend I am, this thought feels kind of comfortable. I think thats because it feels like I can stop pretending to be someone else in so many areas since i always act upon learned and manifested observations about 'correct' human behaviour i made throughout my life. What do you guys think about that?

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[–] uzziah0@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

https://embrace-autism.com/autism-tests/

Start here and see where this takes you. This is what I did. I'm older and don't see a reason for a full eval. I've also been reading and searching to see if some things I do are autistic. If you aren't sure, start here, or find some other online tests.

[–] Thoven@lemdro.id 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Especially Raads-R, the statistical accuracy is insane. Meaning it has an unusually low rate of false positives, so a high score is a fairly reliable indicator. Especially considering it's a self report.

Edit: newer studies have found that while RAADS-R can be a useful tool to indicate need for further diagnosis, it is not as reliable as the original study indicated. Most notably, the test does an excellent job of screening for neurodivergence but fails to consider which traits are necessarily autistic and which traits are related to other conditions, such as ADHD.

[–] canihasaccount@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

No:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1155/2021/9974791

Results indicate no association between RAADS‐R scores and clinical diagnostic outcome, suggesting the RAADS‐R is not an effective screening tool for identifying service users most likely to receive an ASD diagnosis.

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