Meme: Screenshot of microblog post by @alanjack replying to @fotchi.

Caption: I still don’t know why part of autistic/adhd diagnosis isn’t putting you in a room with someone already diagnosed and seeing how quickly you bond.

  • Dragon "Rider"(drag)@lemmy.nz
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    3 hours ago

    Drag knows lots of people with autism who are absolute assholes and drag doesn’t get along with them at all. So this test wouldn’t work reliably.

    Ever seen Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs? Flint Lockwood and his dad both have big time autism, and precisely opposite mannerisms and special interests. They don’t understand each other at all and it takes a lot of effort for them to get along.

    • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works
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      1 hour ago

      i agree, this method would never work. There are plenty of pairs of enemies that are both on the spectrum. My bully in high school had ADHD, just like me.

    • Jasonw911@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      Drag, may i ask you why you refer to drag in such a way? What would in most cases refered to as “third-person”? I’m genuinely curious.

      • Dragon "Rider"(drag)@lemmy.nz
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        34 minutes ago

        Drag uses person-independent drag/dragself pronouns. They’re inflected and conjugated the same way in first, second, and third person. They reflect drag’s identity as a dragon rider.