tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post3888693571207582576..comments2024-03-19T18:36:41.875-04:00Comments on Yes, That Too: Wait, What?Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06413844178426365789noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-30750610269986267082013-04-11T12:06:22.799-04:002013-04-11T12:06:22.799-04:00OMG YTT: I did the exact same thing on that key th...OMG YTT: I did the exact same thing on that key thing. All 5 times I was evaluated for Stuff. Because I have no working memory to speak of really.<br /><br />Neurodivergent Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02815685510033244185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-54865911261998016302013-04-11T11:14:08.687-04:002013-04-11T11:14:08.687-04:00I was evaluated at 12 or 13. Truthfully, my NLD is...I was evaluated at 12 or 13. Truthfully, my NLD is an unofficial diagnosis given by a regular psychologist. When I went off to be evaluated by a neuropsych, she was MUCH more interested in my Tourette's (which we didn't know was Tourette's and somehow she didn't either). She also focused on my emotional issues-- she essentially blew off the fact that there was a substantial gap between my Nonverbal IQ and my Verbal IQ, and said I wasn't on the spectrum. We came away diagnosis free. I don't believe her evaluation was accurate. My years of struggling with nonverbal language were humiliating-- walking myself straight into jokes that could target me. Totally misunderstanding the intentions of others. Not making eye contact with waiters when they took my order. I pushed myself very hard to learn how to be less that way-- though that really isn't always a good thing in my eyes. In fact, I'm probably a less likely candidate for a diagnosis now than I was then because I have forced myself to be more NT. I'm glad you finally got a diagnosis, though it would have been better if you'd had that support when you were 9.The Colonelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15886377049900941267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-39479441994869619892013-04-11T10:33:01.985-04:002013-04-11T10:33:01.985-04:00I was actually evaluated when I was 2, by a speech...I was actually evaluated when I was 2, by a speech-language pathologist, I believe, and I also wonder if I was deliberately not diagnosed, given that the basis on which my mother said the SLP told her I couldn't be autistic, holds no water at all. Is actually, in fact, in direct contradiction to the DSM-III diagnostic standards for autistic disorder. The diagnostician was either seriously incompetent, or was deliberately misconstruing information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com