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People with a diagnosis can be really angry about non-autistic people (or those who maybe just aren’t diagnosed) and some of your language displays this well.

For that reason, people like me are very reluctant to self-diagnose when we could be wrong. I don't want to claim to be experiencing the same difficulties as you. I am mild. I am not disabled. Maybe I'm not autistic. I just got a high score and relate.

That makes me unique. That makes me Susie. Call it what you like. We're all different. Tolerance from all quarters would be wonderful, wouldn't it.

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Susie Kearley 🐹 Guinea pig slave
Susie Kearley 🐹 Guinea pig slave

Written by Susie Kearley 🐹 Guinea pig slave

Freelance journalist UK. Published in BBC Countryfile, The Mirror, Britain mag etc. Covers writing, health, psychology, memoir, current affairs, & environment.

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