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It's common for those more 'high-functioning' - i.e. more able to 'mask' in society - to not receive a diagnosis until much later in life. Anthony Hopkins was n

It's common for those more 'high-functioning' - i.e. more able to 'mask' in society - to not receive a diagnosis until much later in life. Anthony Hopkins was not diagnosed til late in his life [1]. I mentioned it already elsewhere in this thread, but if you want to explore things further it may be worth taking the RAADS-R [2]. While the test itself, and self diagnosis in general, is in no way comprehensive, it may help, and can be the first step towards a diagnosis. [1] https://eu.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/people/brucefessierentertainment/2017/01/02/westworld-star-anthony-hopkins-explores-consciousness/96018744 https://eu.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/people/bru... [2] https://aspietests.org/ https://aspietests.org/

noir_lord 8y ago
I took one a while back that was 25 or over need to go see a specialist, I scored 43. I never did, I function fine and one advantage to been a programmer is none-techies expect you to be eccentric. I don't think I am but it's good top cover.
- noir_lord 8y ago
  > At the Culver City office, overhead lights bothered one or two colleagues so much that everyone agreed to work without artificial lights, so that often, by the end of the day, they are all working in pitch darkness, rectangles of soft, bright light from their computers illuminating their faces. Oh crap. I chose the quiet office without windows over the noisy office with windows, then I took all but one of the bulbs out of the overheads and put a lamp on my desk. The email thing hit a bit too close to home, I always worry about the tone and whether I'm been too blunt, my boss has commented (not disparagingly) that I can be direct, I asked if that meant rude but apparently not, just direct.
  - kaybe 8y ago
    Wait, does anyone not worry about the tone if the relationship is not super-casual?
    - Skunkleton 8y ago
      I rarely worry about tone in any established relationship. I don't feel like that is particularly unusual.
taurath 8y ago
To add, its not even something that presents itself the same way at different stages of life. Many high functioning folks had a lot of very classic troubles early in life with sensory overload, anxiety and missing social cues, but have eventually developed filters and coping mechanisms to have a lot less of a problem as they grow older, even to the extent that its a "hidden" feature that causes trouble to the person but nobody would suspect. It comes out in the form of staying home for an anxiety attack, depression, or occasional social cue slips.
ex3ndr 8y ago
Holly... scored 151, should i go and do something with this?
- will_pseudonym 8y ago
  I don't know about the scores/thresholds of this particular test, but the best way to know for sure is getting evaluated by a trained professional.
empressplay 8y ago
I got 173 lol

noir_lord 8y ago

I took one a while back that was 25 or over need to go see a specialist, I scored 43. I never did, I function fine and one advantage to been a programmer is none-techies expect you to be eccentric. I don't think I am but it's good top cover.

noir_lord 8y ago
> At the Culver City office, overhead lights bothered one or two colleagues so much that everyone agreed to work without artificial lights, so that often, by the end of the day, they are all working in pitch darkness, rectangles of soft, bright light from their computers illuminating their faces. Oh crap. I chose the quiet office without windows over the noisy office with windows, then I took all but one of the bulbs out of the overheads and put a lamp on my desk. The email thing hit a bit too close to home, I always worry about the tone and whether I'm been too blunt, my boss has commented (not disparagingly) that I can be direct, I asked if that meant rude but apparently not, just direct.
- kaybe 8y ago
  Wait, does anyone not worry about the tone if the relationship is not super-casual?
  - Skunkleton 8y ago
    I rarely worry about tone in any established relationship. I don't feel like that is particularly unusual.

taurath 8y ago

To add, its not even something that presents itself the same way at different stages of life. Many high functioning folks had a lot of very classic troubles early in life with sensory overload, anxiety and missing social cues, but have eventually developed filters and coping mechanisms to have a lot less of a problem as they grow older, even to the extent that its a "hidden" feature that causes trouble to the person but nobody would suspect. It comes out in the form of staying home for an anxiety attack, depression, or occasional social cue slips.

ex3ndr 8y ago

Holly... scored 151, should i go and do something with this?

will_pseudonym 8y ago
I don't know about the scores/thresholds of this particular test, but the best way to know for sure is getting evaluated by a trained professional.

empressplay 8y ago

I got 173 lol