My wife recently revealed she is now undergoing an #Autism assessment... proud of her for doing that, regardless of the outcome. Until recently, she's always thought of herself as neurotypical, but sort of accepted she might have "some traits". She's done AQ tests in the past, and doesn't have a very spikey prfile, but I tend to think she's "high masking" maybe. I also think it's one of those things where the realisation gradually hit her that having autistic children has implications for the neurodivergence of the mother. I'm evidently "a factor" there, but not for my 19YO step daughter, who is also #ActuallyAutistic, plus one of her twin sister's kids seems likely to be Autistic too, though undiagnosed. I know I've hinted at it, but she cited 19YOSD saying she thought her mum was probably Autistic too, and the recent official diagnosis of our 12YO as reasons for wanting to get an official diagnosis.
Not that it materially changes anything - we're already a pretty neurospicy family.
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@cybervegan If she is A Certain Age she might find that menopause is causing her to feel her neurodivergence more intensely https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7376624/
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