This was informative, but accessible. This is by an autistic adult who went through the process of getting a diagnosis (and has a lot of exeperience in the community). The first section gave me a LOT to think about. I've already done a lot of reflecting on the DSM criteria, but some points she made I still hadn't thought of (and most, if not all, of the suprising points were things that I related to but I thought they were normal - oops!). She gives a good walk-through of the steps she took and gives some good tips on navigating stigma and other descisions that you need to make through the process. The specific walk-through of doing the diagnostic testing was only her experience, but she makes it clear that there are other ways it is done as well, even if this part of the book focuses on her experience (so while it would have been nice to know different ways it could go, that is clearly not what the book is trying to do). Overall, this was a neat resource to pick up and it gave me extra insight into this process.

Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve

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