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How autism gets missed and misdiagnosed in mental health care

I've been in therapy for years for anxiety and depression but no one ever considered that I might be autistic until I brought it up myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Mental health systems treat symptoms without recognizing underlying neurological differences that explain and contextualize distress.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Neurodivergent identity — autism and ADHD?”

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