#definitely has adhd and might have the tism

[voidrots]

i luv classpects so much dude

[krash-and-co]

the neurodivergent experience is watching TV and trying to diagnose the characters with what just so happens to be what you have because "if you really think about it they do"

[aurae-rori]

DR RATIO ANALYSIS: PART 2, ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

SPOILERS FOR 2.1 CONTENT.

Now, you might be saying - "Aurae, you already did one, why do you need a second?" And my answer is, "LORD, I FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT HOW HIS DEFINITION OF 'IDIOT' IS DIFFERENT. AND ALSO HE DOES NOT HATE AVENTURINE NOR DOES HE THINK AVENTURINE IS STUPID." Once again, here is my disclaimer - although I have been researching psychology for a solid six years, I am NOT a professional. (I will be, one day. Just you wait, just youuuu wait-) So understand that everything I say has been analyzed with personal judgement, with my own conclusions, come to with logic and my personal interpretation. This is just what I have concluded, and you are always free to disagree.

This is my legacy. To be an analyzer. So let's go.

Okay, now that my disclaimer is over, let's take off Ratio's plaster head and chuck it into the sea, and see - what does he mean by 'idiot'?

This will be much shorter than my last, so don't worry - I will not be flashbanging you with another 4k words. This is more like a follow up, than anything else, because there's a few things I wish to touch on.

Dr. Ratio doesn't hate idiots in the sense that he hates people that have 'low IQ' or are 'stupid' in terms of being 'slow to understand'. I definitely touched on this in my last analysis, but he hates people who take their education for granted and don't go places with the gifts that they've been given. He hates "idiots" - "narrow minded" people who have the capabilities to do more and perceive more than they choose to do. People who deliberately look away or take what they know and what they could do for granted. He wants to open people's eyes and allow them to see life from multiple different angles and he believes that everyone should have a chance to learn - with the whole "knowledge for everyone" thing he's got rolling.

He wears a plaster head around people he doesn't seem to know too well in order to think more, or so that he doesn't have to see the faces of the people he dislikes. Pretty good roast. However, he does NOT wear that plaster head around Aventurine. Let's listen to the doctor's judgement - Aventurine is far from stupid. Although he likes to chalk up a lot of the things he does to his own luck, he is an INCREDIBLY capable individual who's managed to get this far because of his own form of genius. He's a man who relies on chance and good fortune, yes, but his charm, his way of scheming, and the way that he's good with people? That's skill. A talent he doesn't take for granted. Dr. Ratio respects him for this - because despite the fact that he has no proper education, he has his eyes wide open to the world and doesn't take shit for granted. He learns what he can in order to survive and he does it fucking well - Aventurine is a very smart man. He's observant, quick on his feet, and great at going with the flow and thinking in the moment.

Aventio aside, I actually believe that Dr. Ratio would be a really good teacher to those who struggle. He's patient where it's needed to be, even if he's got a quick temper, and I believe in his pursuit for knowledge he would do his best to go out of his way to find strategies that would work for their individuals. We're all unique, and he's aware of this - and because he wants to allow people to think for themselves, whatever helps the individual works. Depression? He's got a psych degree, I'm sure bro could give you some strategies. Autism? He has a touch of the 'tism himself. ADHD, and not feeling organized? Bro will help you. It's canon that he's a great fucking teacher - those who finish his classes go on to become successful people who are intelligent and critical thinkers. Round of applause for Ratio, the man that kins my father. He's shit at emotions, but great at knowledge.

Also, on that note, I believe that he would most likely hate parents that push thier "gifted" students to the limit without any compassion for the person that they really are. He's most definitely got some of that academic trauma so I believe that bro holds a secret disdain for parents who just use their children to gain more recgonition. Well, not so secret. He'd cuss them out. (Ratio please cuss out the horrible parents.)

Dr. Ratio, the Teacher ever. (Hey, maybe he'd get along with Kunikida...)

Also, I am definitely planning on making a fic where he teaches Aventurine Latin. As long as you're eager to learn and willing to look past the chalk being thrown, he's got a place for you.

Thanks for coming to my tedtalk. I did not read this through, so this is not edited. Take my unedited rambles.

[femboyhorror]

🌲 pines family headcanons ✨ click the read more for more in-depth headcanon stuff!

this started out as a little silly edit of ford, then i decided to do one for stan as well and once that happened i knew i had to do edits for the pines twins as well. i might end up doing others like soos, wendy and pacifica but for now we have the main four pines.

🌲 dipper has glasses but prefers not to wear them. he thinks they look nerdy but wears them more often with the support of mabel and his grunkles. 🌲 bisexual disaster. 🌲 dipper will always be a transboy in my head. struggled with gaining acceptance from his parents but knows he always has a place where he can be himself in gravity falls. 🌲 CW SELF HARM IMPLIED: his dysphoria and dissociation from his body ends up worse for a while after sock opera. for a while turns to… not so great methods to remind himself that his body is his own. 🌲 became clingy after weirdmageddon, either clinging to his sister and grunkles before going back to piedmont or just staying by mabel's side often after. 🌲 probably has pierced ears but would wear very subtle earrings, to mabel's displeasure.

🌠 big decora kei vibes. so many stickers and hair pins. she also will often wear mismatched socks! 🌠 is the one to suggest she and dipper get a matching hair streak. blue was the only color dipper would agree to. 🌠 mabel gives me big pansexual vibes. starts to discover her own identity around the time dipper does, and ends up dating candy and/or grenda for a hot minute. 🌠 wholly supported dipper when he came out as a transboy and was his biggest ally growing up. 🌠 after weirdmageddon she asks ford for drawing lessons. the two bond over arts and crafts. 🌠 CW MILD ED suffers from a sort of survivor's guilt after weirdmageddon, guilt over being tricked by bill and almost staying in mabeland manifesting mostly in the form of being a people pleaser, forgetting to eat and sleep. the other pines thankfully notice this and put a stop to it.

🎣 i love long haired stan. i like to imagine after the series the guy feels comfortable enough to grow his hair out again. 🎣 stretched earlobes! 🎣 is a transman and also gnc as hell. he also is insanely good at using makeup. (dipper and ford don't really use makeup and mabel just likes to be Silly with makeup.) 🎣 (tbh i can also imagine stanley as being transfeminine as well, they're just That Gender.) 🎣 as soon as mabel saw his "glorious mane" she was practically begging him to let her braid it. he pretends to just go along with it for her sake but he secretly loves having her do his hair. 🎣 the adhd to ford's autism. he definitely suffers hard from rejection sensitive dysphoria and tends to panic if it seems like someone is upset with him. (i.e. ford confronting him over the broken machine, mabel upset with him for lying in the land before swine.)

✋ his sweater is a huge comfort for him. in general he likes heavier clothes to ground him. ✋ i like to imagine him with plenty of earrings and tattoos. earrings mainly themed around space and stars and ends up getting some tattos on his wrists to cover the burn scars from weirdmageddon. ✋ a touch of the tism. has a hard time distinguishing tone. (i.e. not being able to tell if wendy was complimenting him ironically or not.) ✋ while he doesn't mind if people see him as a man, he himself doesn't feel all that attached to the idea of being male. fine with any pronouns but probably likes to use neopronouns. (maybe star/starself?) ✋ achillean, mainly attracted to enbies and men. tried to date a few girls growing up to try and be "normal" (comphet's a binch) but at around high school enough bad experiences made him avoid dating for a while. ✋ he loves loves loves space and astronomy! it's sort of his hyperfixation. used to name constellations with stanley while spending nights on the stan o war and they bond over this on the stan o war ii!

[polyhexian]

do you know if we’ll ever get to the point where Cursed Jasper is a thing in MH? I imagine it happens earlier than it does in canon, since the absence of Belos would definitely affect the timeline of the MH vs the show. Obviously it’ll be a while, but ALSO.

generally if we ever get to the point in MH where Luz does get tho the BI, what do you think that will look like?

As cute as cursed jasper is, I don't want to take that character development from Lilith. MH timeline "canon" she's still gonna get it.

Luz coming is fun though!!!! Because like. Luz essentially runs away from home you know? Even if her mom doesn't know she's gone, she's run away. And she's done it because her mom literally sent her to "stop being weird" camp. Jasper knows he's autistic by this point so he's got a much clearer perspective on this than eda does, especially as a parent. He can clock her as ADHD within an hour. So like based on what Luz is going to describe- her mom doesn't understand her, she has no friends, her mom wants her to be more normal and fit in, buckle down and get your grades up and stop with all these weird hobbies. And of course- she lost her dad, and now she's here and Dad Prime is here! Luz might stumble into Eda's hands, but eda is a lot more ready to hold a parental role because she's basically already done it.

Like. She shows up at the owl house and begs to be Eda's apprentice! And Eda is like sure fine you know whatever kid lol. But she's got this friend who is ALSO a powerless witch and so is his kid! I bet we can totally find a way for you to use magic!

Like. Of course she's Jaspers apprentice. Maybe she's staying with eda because jasper thinks she could benefit from having a kid in the house again you know, she's living with her sister and with king but eda gets lonely! But jasper is like. He is a powerless witch. He's a dad. He's great with kids and he's got the tism. He's perfect. And with hunter being around her age but being big brother prime he's IMMEDIATELY going to be protective of her but also Sibling Time. Show off. Arguing. Whining. The whole nine yards.

So Luz gets into school pretty easily with The Squad of hunter Edric Emira Willow and Gus, and she's warned away from the squads mortal enemy, Amity.

Only problem is when Luz finally finds out why so many people don't like her cool new dad

[urpaperboy]

Hand over them jack head canons. This is a stick up 🔫

OH FU OKAY OKAY

Slightly chubby + has stretch marks AND IS CONFIDENT ABOUT THEM LIKE THE KING HE IS !!

Part-Time College Student + Has a Part-Time Job

Coffee Addict

He’s trans. He has ADHD. He got the tism. It’s great !!

i like to think maybe his part time job is with actually a delivery driver for Finn !!

Speaking of Finn (and y’all can come at me for this) but i like to think of the two being qpp’s cause it makes me me smile

Jack to me is the more outdoorsy type

So like he goes outside and runs into the woods

Trips and falls and gets scratches and scars on his face along with some dirt on his face

Also he somehow gets leaves and sticks in his hair??

Definitely not a tea enjoyer (again coffee addict) but sucks it up for Finn

He can’t cook at all

Like he tried once and it went to shit that he’s just like “I HAVE A PLAN B“ and with a press of a button, Take out is at the door

More of a Nightowl kind of guy

Not a headcanon (i think??) but you guys know how bunny finn exists?? Well this man is a deer. He gives off that energy *staring over at my Bunny Finn and Deer Jack art now*

He would probably quote the most corniest movie quotes but still make it sound attractive

Like he would say "I really wish you'd come home with me. You're so cute, and I'm really good in bed, too, believe me." A quote Nichols Cage said in Leaving Las Vegas

And yet somehow he’d make it work

also don’t ask me why I quoted a Nicolas Cage quote IF YKYK

He probably rambles about stars and stuff

Literal definition of “:3” or “>:3”

This is a funny thing with Finn and Jack but Finn tells Jack some flower facts and then quizzes him on it

Also ig mini hc but im mexican and well… yeah yk where I’m going with this

Anyways that’s it, i feel like people might yell at me for some of this !! Anyways Here is a Jack Drawing with my personal twist !!

[thatonefatgumsimp]

ok so genuine question about nd hcs

I saw multiple people saying Pomni has anxiety and perhaps a bit of the 'tism

I've seen people saying Kinger has anxiety and autism

I've also seen people say Caine has the 'tism?? But, like, he's also ai. I get he could maybe have the vibes just not the actual thing??

Anyways thoughts on who we might hc to have ADHD?? And wb Depression? Cuz on the second one I'm feeling Gangle and MAYBE Ragatha. Thoughts?

Not serious stuffs, just musings about the sillies (but also yes I definitely see autism and anxiety for Kinger, he's amazing and I love him sm he's one of my faves and I will not take "nuh uh" as a comeback BC I wanna have fun little headcanons for the sillies.)

Edit: def thinking maybe ADHD and Depression for Gangle...hmmmmmmmmm and maybe autism too, but idk...and then ADHD, Depression, and Anxiety for Ragatha maybe?

[helsex-moved]

1, 7, 13 for disability ask game,, i don’t see anyone else asking n i like asking questions. n asks are fun to at least me. so i am asking again <333

These are fun to answer so ty dude :]]

1. what disability/ies do you have? (and are they mental, physical, or both?) As far as official diagnosis goes I have fibromyalgia and joint hypermobility! Unofficially very strongly suspicious I got the 'tism and adhd 🤨 /lh

7. what's a struggle you wish more people talked about? Just the internalized struggle of comparing your chronic pain/illness to others, the old 'well other people have it WAY worse and are even less mobile so how can I consider myself disabled' it's something I struggled with a long time before finally embracing the disabled label and I still struggle with it.

13. whats the most Abled Person Thing someone has said to you? I've gotten the 'you dont seem autistic' and 'its just pain you're fine' quite often but one that stuck out to me as annoying was when I mentioned my diagnosis and a coworker just went 'ibuprofen' like he was sharing a profound and helpful secret like. Hm yeah great idea I surely do not already take a ton of ibuprofen and it definitely helps the same way it has definitely occurred to you that my condition might be a little too severe for just ibuprofen 😒

(Disability Pride Ask Game)

[void-galaxy-shenanigans]

This is just a personal rant/vent so feel free to ignore. It's okay to reply or DM reassurance if you want though.

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So our biomother has always brushed off all our tism symptoms as ADHD, in part because ADHD is professionally diagnosed & in part because she always knew we had ADHD & in part because she doesn't know where the line between ADHD & autism begins or ends (she might be autistic).

She also uses they/them exclusively when we asked for he/they & then (when we realized she wouldn't use he/him if we let her use they/them) updated it to he/him.

I'm finally sitting down & doing the emotional labour of explaining to her that I *am* autistic, confirmed by more than one therapist, & that I'm her son.

Apparently she thought nonbinary = “neither man nor woman”, closer to agender. So I had to explain that not all nonbinary people aren't a man or a woman, some of us are nonbinary in addition (because we don't fit in our society's definition of manhood/womanhood, because we don't identify entirely with being a man/woman, because we identify as man/woman and something else, etc. - there are many ways to be nonbinary), & I am nonbinary in addition, because our society defines manhood as something I don't belong to but that doesn't mean I'm not a man.

I then also had to explain that I did do research & talk to therapists about the tism, & that I took the RAASD-R (old diagnostic test) 5 times to make sure I wouldn't get a false positive (I got 205 to 210 at the lowest, of 240 possible), & that I am minimally speaking (I'm not entirely nonverbal/non-speaking, I can talk in words sometimes, but I go months without speaking if I'm not masking).

But she likes to play devil's advocate, saying “there may be other explanations, don't get stuck on [autism / transness / etc.]” & I have to explain again that I am not saying this is the only possible explanation, I'm saying it's the most likely one that supports all the data points & that I benefit from autistic-specific accommodations & from accommodations like AAC.

& then came the emotional questions.

“I am not asking if there's an explanation other than autism,” I told her again. “Because the point is...¿what if I'm right? ¿what then? ¿will you actually support your kid if they *are* trans & autistic? because the point isn't ‘¿am I wrong?’ the point is ‘¿will you still love me?’. I bring up this conversation because I want to know that if I *am* right, ¿do I still have a mom? ¿Am I still your son? Or ¿will you continue to love a version of me that doesn't even exist?”

Or the long winded version: “The reason I get frustrated whenever this conversation comes up is that my point isn't ‘this is the only explanation and I can't be wrong’. I'm not looking for a devil's advocate. I'm saying ‘okay but if this is true, if I'm right about myself, if this kid is actually your youngest son & is actually autistic, would you still stick around? would you learn who he really is? would you love him? would you get to know the real me?’ because I am so used to friends & lovers & people who are supposed to be family turning their backs on me when I discover these things about myself. I'm asking if you will learn, if you will try to understand me & communicate through this (even when that means sometimes you'll be dealing with nonverbal languages, like body language or wordless sounds), if you will love me through this. That's what matters to me. But every time I bring it up you want to offer other explanations & examples of people who aren't like me. I don't care if there are other explanations & people who aren't like me— I wanna know in my unique situation if you will still support me, love me, and fight for my right to exist.”

And gods it's emotionally taxing, & she's taking an excruciatingly long time to read my texts, but I'm hoping that this conversation will bring us closer & I will finally be seen for who I am.

I just want my mom to be a mom, to love her autistic son even if that's not who she thought I was when I was born. I don't think that's too much to ask.

~Nico

((PS I'm listening to this song (Fix It To Break It by Clinton Kane) on repeat as I have this conversation. “I need more.”, “¿Is it worth the pain if I should stick around?”, “Sick of me reminding you to love me like you say you do...”))

[feldgeister]

just talking gender briefly into the void, and relating my own personal experiences with dysphoria, compartmentalizing, alla that.

when i was at my lowest point and super dissatisfied with myself, my body, my mental, all of it, i definitely suffered physical body dysphoria, highschool gym was such a fuuuucking drag because of that. i ended up needing depression meds, later on i was diagnosed adhd and meds for that have done way better. i have diagnosed social anxiety thats gotten progressively worse over the years, anxiety/depression in general, and genuinely i think i might fall somewhere on the tism spectrum, though i should really get a professional opinion on that for closure.

i don’t have physical dysphoria anymore, but i do have noticeable enough mental dysphoria with gender at times. something along the lines of thinking of myself in a more neutral/masculine way, but never outright masculine, just more towards that little line in the middle. technically like, demigirl, with it being a kind of 80/20 split towards fem. i absolutely am most comfortable with acting “traditionally” feminine, my personality just kind of gravitates to that, what i enjoy is being treated as such. but clothing is more the part where i want to express the other side of things, even in a weird bedroom environment, which is a weird thing im gonna have to explain to someone one day lmao.

all of this to say, really, i think its really really tough to figure yourself out, and everything that happens on your weird little gender journey can affect you one way, and another person in the opposite, ya dig? my best friend has never experienced dysphoria and is genderfluid, whereas i have experienced it and im still most comfortable as mostly cisgirl. lots of stripes of people out there, all of which should be respected, but never have your own views imposed upon them. respect for the journey is the most important part, not to sound preachy on my weird little pulpit.

its hard to explain my specific viewpoint with gender issues because the thing itself is very nebulous, it develops over time, i even would venture to guess it never /stops/ developing. i think the major attention on it these days is society bringing it to the major public eye, which i see as a net neutral. more eyes on it, good and bad.

my most sound advice is never let the public decide for you what you should be called or how you should feel with it, let the public educate you on things with cold hard facts and theory (don’t believe every sob story you hear on the web at face value, i think)- but ultimately, the best bet is just good ol’ introspection, finding where your own values lay with everything.

[tiny-tii]

My friends as soup:

My friends have soup vibes and I want to talk about soup and recommend some soup too. Each friend has been designated a nickname. They will know.

My sunshine girl: Chickpea Soup

Warm, perfect for when it's cold or if you're feeling run down. Just warms the soul in exactly the right way. It's a hearty soup too, so one bowl in you might think "wow can't get much better than this!" But oh boy this soup just gets better with each bowl. It's hard to find a soup that tastes so good even after 2 days, but this soup does just that! It's a soup that really takes care of you. The type of soup that can hold you in it's big soupy arms and protect you. Really great soup!

Chess boy: Seafood Chowder

Now I know what you're thinking, why is a chowder on this list of soup? But, according to google, the foremost knower of knowing things, a chowder technically is just a hearty soup. Seafood Chowder is definitely an underappreciated king of soups. It's a fantastic soup in my opinion. Maybe not for everyone and that's okay. But damn do I fucking love this soup. The little bits of shrimp, the saltiness of the bacon mixing in with that creamy broth. I like it a lot, tastes great and makes me very happy.

Adhd: Miso Soup

This is a classic soup, nice kick of salt, lovely mix of seaweed and tofu for a variety of texture. It's perfect as a little side dish or even as a big hearty bowl. I usually see it as a delicate type of soup, one to spend a good bit of time perfecting and such. But when you get that perfect silk feel from the seaweed and the softness of the tofu, the combination with the broth is heaven. A meal with this soup just feels complete.

Just a touch of the tism: Butternut Squash Soup

This soup, oh boy, this soup. It's not a favorite for many people (for some reason). It's one of those soups you gotta try before you decide. It's soft and sweeter than you'd expect. Tastes amazing with a good smack of pepper too. Definitely a lighter soup so a good treat of bread on the side is recommended. But as an appetizer, lunch or even just a cosy snack, Butternut Squash Soup's got your back. Wonderful during the winter as it's such a gentle but impactful flavor that it gives you a very "warm near the fire vibe". Great soup, more people need to eat this soup.

I think this is probably enough for now but most likely I will have more soup related updates.

[autistalk]

Comorbidity: Awesome word, less awesome thing.

Comorbidity is a hell of a drug. I'm Corey, and this is Autistalk.

In a previous post I used the term "an oroborus of bullshit," and while it was completely accurate in that context, I'm slightly disappointed I didn't save it for this one. It is, after all, pretty much a perfect definition of comorbidity. But if we're trying to be slightly more appropriate about things, comorbdity is simply the presence of multiple conditions. That's it! Fairly simple, right? But comorbodity is pretty much the bane of my existence.

While these conditions don't have to be related, more often than not they feed into each other. Anxiety, autism, depression, ADHD, OCPD... not the most cheerful of combinations, but one I've seen far too often. See, the thing is that no mental illness exists in a vacuum, and a lot of them tend to have issues that are similar, or at the very least, overlap. I get anxious because I'm depressed, and I get more depressed because I'm anxious. "Vicious cycle" doesn't even begin to cover it. But, for as much of a pain as comorbidity is, being aware of it can be quite helpful when it comes to figuring out issues.

See, for a lot of people on the spectrum (and for a lot of disabled people in general), they get the one diagnosis, and that's it. You don't need another one, because all of your problems can be wrapped up in one little box. Slap a puzzle piece ribbon on it, and you're done, right? Unfortunately, that myopic point of view can do far more harm than good.

My younger brother was diagnosed at a very early age, but when I was younger knowledge of Autism wasn't anywhere near as widespread. I was "smart but lazy," "a bad kid," all that jazz. It didn't help that I tested in the 99th percentile, or that my survival responses to Autism typically involved overcorrecting in an effort to seem "normal." There was nothing to diagnose that couldn't be solved with discipline.

I was diagnosed with ADD when I was around 10 or 11, and that lasted about eight months. A long-term bad reaction to Adderall and unwillingness to put me on Ritalin had people exploring other diagnoses, and eventually I was tested for Aspergers. That diagnosis fit almost all of my symptoms, and made sense with my family's history, so that was pretty much it. I assumed the ADD was just a misdiagnosis, and spent the next thirteen years referring to it as one. No one bothered correcting me there, so why would I think any differently? Besides, you needed meds for ADD, amd clearly the meds didn't work on me.

But I've always had issues with my attention span. There's only so much that can be explained by the autistic tendency to hyperfocus. Frankly, I should have been clued in all of the times I stopped being interested in a special interest in order to hyperfocus on something utterly trivial, like the number of bumps in my ceiling, or loops in my bedroom rug. Just one of those weird 'tism quirks, or at least that's what I told myself.

It wasn't until I had to get a copy of my medical records when I was 22 that I discovered I was still technically diagnosed with ADD. It threw me off, because I had spent so long accepting one thing as part of my life, and learning to be okay with that, while assuming that another thing had nothing to do with me!  Autism had become a large part of my self-identity, and I'd spent 11 years coming to terms with that. I researched the hell out of it, and learned as much as I could about what my condition entailed, coping mechanisms, and what sort of things I could expect. Obviously, all the answers weren't out there- It's A Spectrum (TM), and Autism presents uniquely to each person. When I couldn't find answers, or the ones I found didn't work, I figured it was just because I was unlucky with a condition that is even now not fully understood. It didn't even occur to me that I had only been asking part of the question.

Most of my coping mechanisms still relate specifically to Autism. While there's no real "main diagnosis" there, it's still the one I tend to mentally default to, in large part because of the massive overlap Autism has with many other mental illnesses. But these days I'm learning more about the other stuff I have going on, and I'm finding new techniques that are really helping me out. If someone had sat me down when I was eleven and said "Hey, you have this, but you also have this, and here's how that's gonna suck," I'd probably have been a lot better adjusted. If you're young and on the spectrum, it's worth taking a look at your habits and behaviors to see if there might be something else going on. Autism in particular has a pretty high comorbidity rate, so it definitely doesn't hurt to think about it. If you're in a position where you have a doctor you trust, consider talking to them about it! If not, maybe do some research on your own. A lot of people only put stock in professional diagnoses, but it's worth noting that most of those only come about because you or someone close to you notices things. You're not gonna go in for a physical and have them be "oh, by the way, looks like you've got some depression right around there" while they're checking your tonsils. If you already have an idea, or list of things going on, it can help you and your doctor to narrow things down.

So, readers, what are your thoughts on comorbidity? Do you have multiple conditions? I'm willing to bet that almost all of you have a good ol' case of Sensory Processing Disorder - believe it or not, while that's so common in Autistic folks it's often thought of as a given, it's not universal! If you have any feedback, or anything you'd like AutisTalk to cover, drop us a line in the ask box, submission page, Twitter, or gMail.