Ok, it’s been a month. Let’s get over that and move on.
I’m currently reading a book called I Think I Might Be Autistic by Cynthia Kim. I’m still at the beginning of this book. Typically I’ll hyper focus on something and it feels like I make giant leaps and bounds of progress. But I’m a mood reader so I can also lose track pretty easily. So far the book is breaking down concepts and phrases needed to begin to understand all of this.
By the way, any links to books I provide will be to StoryGraph. The reason being I don’t want to support Amazon. That’s a big practice, to provide a link to Amazon. If I ever link to a big box corporation, I would rather link to Barnes & Noble.
I’ve had a coworker give me a couple of suggestions, too. I’ll list them below once I get those links, in case anyone ever stumbles across this post they don’t have to worry about which link is buried where. He is also on the ASD spectrum and has been very patient with me as I discover how my brain works. I guess this is my new hyper focus.
The last thing I’m writing about is this site I recently found on TikTok. I take everything on there with a grain of salt, but there are some accounts that do a great job of informing folks like me who are questioning themselves and doing some serious research. Embrace Autism. I've recently taken the AQ-10 Test. The numbering system is 1-50, with a threshold of 26. That means, if you score lower than 26 you are considered NeuroTypical. That’s some lingo I’m using from TikTok, or the Clock App. Lots of short hand here!
But the Embrace Autism site has been great so far! I’ve made sure I answered everything thoughtfully. Which can be difficult sometimes. But I ended up getting a 38 on the AQ-10 Test. I have yet to take the RAADS Test, as they are rebuilding that part of the site.