I just did an online test for autism and scored highly. Do I need to goto a doctor to see if I'm autistic? Or is that stupid considering its just an online test?
I just did an online test for autism and scored highly. Do I need to goto a doctor to see if I'm autistic? Or is that stupid considering its just an online test?
One thing to consider is that "autism" isn't a black and white, it's-there-or-it-isn't condition, so even if you are "officially" autistic, there is a great deal of variance across the breadth of the "autism spectrum". Personally I think that in the West, we diagnose far too many people as autistic when really they are quite comfortably within the realms of "normality", and in doing so artificially hold back these people by planting the idea in their head that they're somehow mentally disabled.
One thing to consider is that "autism" isn't a black and white, it's-there-or-it-isn't condition, so even if you are "officially" autistic, there is a great deal of variance across the breadth of the "autism spectrum". Personally I think that in the West, we diagnose far too many people as autistic when really they are quite comfortably within the realms of "normality", and in doing so artificially hold back these people by planting the idea in their head that they're somehow mentally disabled.
Yeah I suppose so, I just don't fit into the conventional social 'norm' as it were.
I just did an online test for autism and scored highly. Do I need to goto a doctor to see if I'm autistic? Or is that stupid considering its just an online test?