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Yeah, about that... (lemmy.ca)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

He was never diagnosed, he tried once to get a diagnosis, but literally knowing him all my life, I'm 100% sure my dad's on the spectrum, he is highly intelligent and masks ok so he failed the assessment i think.

But he gets overwhelmed on shopping centers, Gets anxious, always had problems with dealing with people, doesn't notice implicit things that much... his dad (my grandpa), me, his brother are in the spectrum.

If he quacks like a duck...

Also my grandpa is an engineer, my dad's an engineer and I'm an engineering student, seems that both are inheritable conditions.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@A_Chilean_Cyborg @warpslide
I think I am going to start using the term prismatic instead of asd for a while.