you said that you have high empathy autism? I keep bringing up possible autism w my therapist & I finally got an autism assessment w a psychiatrist, but she didnt think i had autism bc i dont display many ‘stereotypical’ behaviours & how most autistic ppl have low empathy but i have high empathy but as a kid most ‘weird’ traits got bullied out of me so i supress them, so she didnt see them in the assessment? idk ur the 1st high empathy autistic person/blog ive seen. what do you think? <3

There are actually many sides to autism that many people who don’t specialize in it know about! If you want to get a diagnosis, I would recommend seeing someone who only focuses on autism. It doesn’t sound like the psychiatrist you went to was professional at all, because autism is a lot more than stereotypical behaviors.

While the stereotype is low-empathy autistic folk, there is another side to it! Lots of autistic people like me have hyper-empathy. There’s also the stereotype of autistic people being picky eaters, but there are also autistic folk who have PICA, which means they eat almost everything, including nonedible objects; that’s why chewie necklaces were invented!

If you think the hyper-empathy wasn’t seen in the assessment, I would suggest you go to a different professional (as it sounds like this one was just looking for stereotypical behavior), and tell them about things that had been bullied out of you. Something for me was that I used to chew on my necklace as a kid (again, see chewie necklaces), but people called me gross, including my mother, so I forced myself to stop. I made sure to bring it up with the person who diagnosed me! It can mean all the difference sometimes, and could help dispell their worry that this may just be some sort of recent thing.

Hope this helps, anon~!