Welcome to Disability Awesome. Each week, this post will feature a person or persons with mental and / or physical disabilities who are doing awesome things! As someone with an disability, I love it when others when disabilities do great things!
You’re an adult and you think you are autistic, what do you do? Autism, psychologically diagnosed as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), is most commonly thought of as a developmental disorder diagnosed during childhood. In 2018, the CDC reported that 1 in 44 US children were diagnosed as autistic, but what happens when these kids grow up?
And what about those that fell through a gap in the system and were under-reported. In this episode of Vitals, we hear from Kip Chow, an autistic advocate, educator, and someone that was officially diagnosed as autistic as an adult, on why they think the system for assessing autism is lacking. We also spoke to Dr. Lesley Cook, a clinical psychologist and an expert in the field of neurodiversity-affirming assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and adults.
