Such as, you're organising a party (explaining to a DJ that the loud/chaos will bother her), or you're meeting people who don't know you particularly well. In the past, pre-diagnosis, I would just say "she has issues" or "she can be challenging". But it doesn't always feel like I'm getting the point across. I don't want to say "she's autistic", because I think it will give an impression that she's less capable/socially aware than she is (and I don't want the response of "she seems fine to me"!). In the old days I would have said she has aspergers, but as that's not the diagnosis we have, it feels wrong to say. So what do you say? Use "Aspergers" even though diagnosis is ASD? Say "autistic" even though someone not close to these issues may have pre-conceived ideas of what that means? Or just continue with "she has issues" without labelling it?!
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Thisismynewname123 · 22/01/2018 10:41
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