Holy shit, comrades. I had no idea. This explains so fucking much. Thank you, thank you, thank you to the comrades like @ReadFanon@hexbear.net and @FourteenEyes@hexbear.net and others who have mentioned the book on this site.

There are some traits I don't share (are there any dealbreakers that would disqualify me as autistic?), but for the ones I do have, they fit exactly. Price, in the conclusion, talking about sleeping on an air mattress and refusing to buy furniture - that's been me. Same with all of the food issues they talk about. Same with . . . etc. Goddammit. How did I not know? Do I know now? What do I do now? I'm already on disability so I don't know that I need to go through the diagnosis process.

  • Wertheimer [any]
    hexagon
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    11 months ago

    This one is more about insight than it is about action. I've also had trouble putting my reading into practice (with regard to procrastination, especially).

    Price says that cognitive behavioral therapy doesn't work on autistic folk, so maybe that's part of it? I'd like to read more on that.