The Autism Diagnosis Dilemma: I Chose Life Of Self-Discovery Over Meaningless Validation

The dilemma that autistic people have with getting an autism diagnosis or not can be a divisive and controversial one to understand and the ability to make a decision that has lifelong effects for the autistic person. Every autistic person’s different in their views of getting a diagnosis or not, but regardless of which way they choose, it’s important for them to realise that life is what they make of it, not what a piece of paper highlights.

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