okay so there's this IDR Labs test that shows you where you fall along a pie chart type graph of autism "symptoms". It's bullshit for a couple reasons (it calls meltdowns temper tantrums, doesn't adress any sensory issues other than sound, relies highly on how comfortable you are socializing to dictate how "good" you are at it when those are entirely seperate things, seems to think autistic people are never happy when, no, you just have a lot of traumatized autistic people bc other world we live in, it's not a symptom of it) but I wanted to take it anyway because I haven't found a single other test that graphs the difference in how YOU experience your autism compared to someone else in that way.
we as a whole have been diagnosed with autism, but every alter experiences it differently. I thought it'd be fun to compare how it affects me w how it affects Seán, and like, these results aren't gonna be great but s interesting to see!!!
here's what mine look like:
and here's what his look like:
now the "agression" on mine is i'm pretty sure tired to the "tEmPeR tAnTrUm" thing. I experience meltdowns easily, and this quiz seems to think that's me acting out or being mean/agressive so. eww eww eww yikes the autism speaks energy is NOT very cool (and neither is the "your symptoms are moderate/high" >:( quiet. autism is autism ur not more or less autistic than someone else dumby. at least u didnt use functioning levels)
also we're both more anxious than that. in different ways but still. and Seán is a lot more scared of socializing but a lot more neurotypical passing so if you're talking about how well we fit in, i'm actually worse at socializing than he is!!!!
It was still fun to take but this was kinda a waste of time >:p I didnt think about it before but comparing results is hard when your results are...garbage.
plus Seán has very VERY high light sensetivity, and is normally fine with textures...until he's already having sensory issues, and suddenly it gets a LOT worse. Sensory issues aren't just sound bestie :p