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@rose-colored-fancy

Actually! I have an answer!

Here you go, this is the DSM diagnostic criteria for Autism in adults. (Rooted around through way too many links from decidedly… iffy autism resources.)

It’s a bit information dense and clinical, not to say a little pathologizing, but a good overview! It also says how many of these traits you need for a theoretical diagnosis.

Thx! *forces Ava to sit down with me*

You might show traits in a somewhat different way than described, but it doesn’t mean it’s completely absent. Like, for example, in the first category, ‘Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity’ I barely match anything, but I am constantly hyper-aware of it because I know I’ll slip into it when I don’t pay enough attention, and it gave me something I described for years as ‘social anxiety.’ Like… it did cause me anxiety, but there was a cause for it. That counts too, since it’s a form of masking.

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Ah, yes, social anxiety. So it is possible to “slip into it”? Hm..

Lolll I think everyone does it then, but eye-contact genuinely doesn’t make or break a diagnosis, contrary to popular belief. My also autistic brother makes eye contact without any issue, like many others, so it’s hardly a hard and fast rule.

Probably XD
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An autism trait I’ve always missed completely was ‘inability to play imaginatively’. Even when I was little I’d make up incredibly intricate and extensive stories while playing, and apparently autistic people can’t do that? Again, it’s a spectrum.

Interesting. I wouldn’t say I wasn’t able to, but I sucked at coming up with stories when I was younger. Even just playing dolls, I wanted @e-n-leonard there to help me come up with a story thing. So when she told me “just make up it up on your own, I’m busy.” I was just like😒 XD

Honestly, I can’t encourage you enough to do it if you feel like it XD It could definitely be super interesting to write!

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I was actually thinking of dropping her in the castle.

 

@mamaauthoress

hello everyone

I would like to reenter the castle with some new charries, if that’s all right. (:

Hello and welcome! Awesome, I can’t wait to meet them🙂

Do you want a description of my character?

 

@calidris

We’re actually in desperate need of some new plot/action at the moment (I just CAN’T get my characters to do anything,) so that’s perfect!

Haha, yes, poor @ethan-leonard wants to get back to the battle XD