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[wispfox]

I feel like I've asked this before and just failed to follow-up, but I cannot find evidence of this, so I ask again.

If y'all were looking for an autism spectrum disorder specialist from whom to get an adult ASD diagnosis, how would you go about finding such? (I suspect I can guess my diagnosis, but even so)

I am reasonably confident that it's _much_ harder to diagnose a) as an adult who has developed coping mechanisms, b) if one is female, and c) if one is (mostly) functional. Thus specifying both 'adult' and 'specialist'.

I also wonder how much having a sleep disorder, a mood disorder, and partial face blindness will screw with diagnosis. Heh. Because I cannot be simple. :)

La!

(and now I wonder how many people reading this are diagnosed as being on the spectrum)

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[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Christopher Walsh, the head of neurology at Beth Israel, seems to have an interest in it.

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

(not in adults, but in autism, and ergo might be someone worth calling -- the medical world is small and he probably knows everyone working in autism at a high level in Boston)