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wondering if anyone has resources to readup on this stuff, recently had an autistic burnout/breakdown type of event...just kind of wondering what all of my issues are autism related and how to manage them.

was apparently diagnosed with autism back in gradeschool when i was diagnosed with adhd, but my mother decided to keep that information from me so i could "grow up normal". which...i guess worked, cause i'm late 20's and had no clue until this whole breakdown thing happened, guess she was finally concerned enough to spill the beans.

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[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://m.youtube.com/@Auticate

I like this channel.

[–] pipe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

This channel looks interesting, thank you for sharing!

[–] Australis13@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago

Also check out Neurodivergent Insights (Dr. Neff) -- https://neurodivergentinsights.com/ -- and the related podcast "Divergent Conversations".

[–] unbuckled_easily933@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Unmasking Autism by Devon Price was a must-read for me.

[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

The info area of this community has a great resources section that helped me a lot. https://embrace-autism.com/ was particularly helpful for me. They have an e-book on autistic burnout in particular that I plan on buying if no one gets it for me for Christmas.

[–] Kojichan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I bought this, but true to fashion... I haven't really read it... it was recommended to me.

https://a.co/d/7jyidTy