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My Autism Diagnosis Is Both Damnation and Salvation

Life can be so bizarre.

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Sally Shideler
May 27, 2025
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Last week, I was rather abruptly diagnosed with autism.

The fault for this sudden and unexpected development was entirely my own: As the eldest child/daughter, a former "gifted kid" who is now on an absolutely wild spiritual journey and is honestly still kind of reeling from an ADHD diagnosis a year and a half ago, Iโ€ฆ

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