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On file: Major Depression, cPTSD, Autistic Burnout (high), A.C.E. 10/10, LateDX, Senior. I don't "look it", but I struggle every day, all day long & I know full well:

This world does not care.

Urgent need? #Understatement.
autisticrealms.bsky.social Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · Oct 19
Urgent need for trauma-informed care for Autistic adults:
• 72% experienced sexual or physical assault in research
• 44% met criteria for PTSD
• 93% reported high levels of mind-based dissociation
Trauma among autistic adults is widespread & under-recognised.
Read: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36605371/
A square infographic with the title “Autistic Adults and PTSD.” Inside a mauve rounded rectangle, text reads: “93% reported high levels of mind-based dissociation.” “72% reported having experienced sexual assault, another unwanted sexual experience, or physical assault.” “44% met the criteria for PTSD.” “32% reported high levels of body-based dissociation.” Below the box, small text reads: “Data from: Reuben KE, Stanzione CM, Singleton JL. Interpersonal Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress in Autistic Adults. Autism Adulthood. 2021 Sep 1;3(3):247–256. doi:10.1089/aut.2020.0073. Epub 2021 Sep 2. PMID: 36605371; PMCID: PMC8992908.” In the bottom right corner is a circular logo with the text: “Autistic Realms – Neurodiversity Affirming
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
soundcube.bsky.social
Late diagnosed AuDHD people need more understanding, kindness and also direct support (any would be good) for all the issues acquired and formed by a rigid society, lifelong masking and the missunderstandings of others during those ‘unknown years’

#AuDHD #LateDX #Trauma #RSD
July 30, 2026 at 8:04 AM
ourfag.bsky.social
so like . siorry for resurrecting this it has not left my mind i just think latedx should have one of these and it pops out whhen th
cropped instruction guide on how to inflate a beach ball. steps 3 and 4, illustrating the air valve being plugged and then pushed flat into the surface of the ball.
July 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
proftyndall.bsky.social
allow me to introduce myself…

#theatre #acting #writing #singing #actingcoach #actuallyautistic #latedx
July 28, 2026 at 4:13 PM
alimasin.bsky.social
latedx!!!!!
July 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
annemarieprice.bsky.social
My art is a journal. With this journal entry I made a self portrait of myself when I was a kid. “Self Reflection” was about my looking back at the child I was before knowing I was autistic and I guess acknowledging and seeing that young girl for who she really was. #mosaic #art #lateDX #autism #AMP
Stained glass mosaic self portrait of young girl with blonde hair made on a piece of found wood in the shape of a hand held mirror. By Anne Marie Price.
November 22, 2024 at 3:19 PM
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#ThisAutisticHuman'sThoughts

#LateDX #GenX #AutisticElder

🖖
June 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
oatmilktruther.bsky.social
caaaackling because hede (human stede) already bears a striking resemblance to one of those inflatable tube guys especially after some titos GET HIM AGAIN ED. stede, trying to bifch back at latedx: oh yeah well when you throw a tantrum you look like a flat tire!!
August 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Step 3: My Learnings

yeshes.online/2025/10/02/s...

#LivedExperience #LateDX #AutisticElder #Journaling
#RenewalOfCommitments2025
A background of 'scrabble' type wooden squares; atop rest the letters "L", "E", "A", "R", "N". (Learn.)
October 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
audrenalin-arts.bsky.social
I am #lateDX #ADHD. I have needed and done this my entire life but for 38 years before the diagnosis, I was convinced it was all magical whimsy (or just maybe I was an alien). So… win win 🤣
February 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
esphixiet.bsky.social
I'm getting reaaalll tired of the "girls didn't get ADHD dx bc they didn't act like ADHD boys" rhetoric
Yes, some of us did act like adhd boys, and we got shamed and or punished for being bad girls, not given a dx and resources like the boys
#adhd #latedx #latediagnosed #audhd #adhdwomen #adhdgirls
January 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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this is his daily
accomplishment in each frame
still unacknowledged

#haiku4u #LivedExperience #Autistic #Homelessness #Disability #ADHD #Senior #LateDX #Realities #CreativeExpressionDespiteHardships
October 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
soundcube.bsky.social
our life stories have values, need to be told for benefit of peer YP, documented, made available before our narratives pass into the mists of outsiders with their biases and agendas, overlaying their ‘observational fictions’ denying us agency and the world authenticity

#AuDHD #LateDX #Trauma #RSD
July 30, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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@audhd-psychnp.com - I don't do this type often anymore, but it felt like time. So one for the #LivedExperience pile and the #Senior #LateDX chair. 🖖
September 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
themizarkshow.bsky.social
It took until almost 40yr old to realize you aren't supposed to try your best to read all the letters at the eye test.

If you do that, you leave without getting help and continue having headaches... Instead you are supposed to do poorly if you see poorly.

#actuallyautistic #latedx
January 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
talk2blb.eurosky.social
LiveFire it turns out. 10m audio for #StarTrekDay 2026. #AutisticSenior #LateDX #LivedExperience #Gratitude #RoleModelsAndTheirChallenges

I'd put the link here but it seems the upload side of wifi is being recalcitrant today. So I'll try it again later. Delays reveal that I am a spoiled brat.
September 8, 2026 at 3:11 PM
yemtol.bsky.social
Thinking back on all the confusion I caused by telling people I am a bad person when I meant that I am bad at being a person.

#actuallyautistic #latedx
December 19, 2023 at 10:04 AM
soundcube.bsky.social
You’ve Waited a lifetime

Told due to a crisis you need a DX to get help to begin to sort out the havoc it’s wrought on your life

You wait and wait

Get the DX & still in crisis then ask for that help to deal with the consequences

You wait
and wait
And wait

And it never comes

#LateDX #AuDHD
July 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM
roguelikelele.bsky.social
#ADHD #ASD #Autism #AutisticAdult #Disability #NoShame #FuckTheNT #ImNotWrongYouAre #LateDX
Purple background with text in a darker hue of bright green with a line drawing of a teacup and saucer in the lower right corner. The font is OpenDyslexic. The text reads I refuse to be shamed for not wanting to participate in a harmful and predatory society. Even though it’s earned me multiple diagnoses.
August 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM