I need to child-proof my own home
and it seems that I am the child
Autistic Spectrum Coordination Stuff
@variance Have you got access to a service that can test for Dyspraxia?
V. aware that the overlap in ASDs is enough that "Which label ya got?" gets kinda arbitrary, and whether it'd cost you is another big factor- I only got a Dyspraxia assessment b/c I was in Uni at the time.
But (over here at least) different ones sometimes unlock access to different services and institutional recognition for it at work/etc.
On a practical level, idk what really helps.. I picked up the habit of wearing an apron for meals and sticking rubber bumpers on the corners of all my furniture from another friend w/ Dyspraxia, and find those help. But generally I'm just clumsy as hell anyway. =V
re: Autistic Spectrum Coordination Stuff
@variance ADHD is an Autism Spectrum Disorder, yeah, along with Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalcula, Autism/Aspergers, probably a few others I've forgotten
It's.. Kinda a genetic pool with a shared grab-bag of what you get in terms of symptoms? I'm not wording wonderfully rn, sorry- There's a lot of overlapping space and comorbidity between the defined conditions within the spectrum, and people having multiple diagnosise within the set is quite common.
(For instance, we've had diagnosis of Dyspraxia, Autism and ADHD all come back positive)
re: Autistic Spectrum Coordination Stuff
@pastelbat ah, makes sense! I do know people who have multiple diagnoses within that group of conditions that you listed
I wonder how it’ll all get categorized in the future when science knows more about this stuff
Autistic Spectrum Coordination Stuff
@pastelbat oh idk, I thought this was just an adhd thing, does adhd fit under the umbrella as well? none of my psychs think I’m autistic, though some of my adhd symptoms overlap with some of my autistic friends’ symptoms
I don’t have access to diagnosis of dyspraxia unfortunately but it doesn’t seem implausible. I’ve always been generally uncoordinated although not enough to significantly impact my life afaik; thankfully I never wanted to be an athlete haha