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Adults can be autistic and can have great quality of life improvements from diagnosis and treatment.
by lonelappde 7y ago
Adults can be autistic and can have great quality of life improvements from diagnosis and treatment.
- jazoom 7y agoIn that case I leave it to the psychiatrists. In practice, very few adults are diagnosed with autism where I'm from.
- mieseratte 7y agoWhat could a high-functioning autistic adult gain from diagnosis and treatment, one who has managed to blend in well enough to go undiagnosed.
- fragmede 7y agoA diagnosis allows life to finally make sense. Even for those that are able to blend in, it's really great to have a framework to understand things, and that there's a community that actually understands you because they have first-hand experience of eg, the rage and meltdowns that plague individuals with autism. Post diagnosis, there's even treatment for some of the things that high-end functioning adults with autism simply can't do without medication, and are negatively judged for by society.
- cybersol 7y agoI would be interested in references here, as I'm not aware of treatments specific to autism in adults.