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Headlines about “overdiagnosis” and people gaming the system can make it harder to take your own struggles seriously. This article offers a quiet counterpoint: why many of us seek autism or ADHD assessment for clarity, self-understanding and fair support rather than money, how minimising phrases like “we’re all on the spectrum somewhere” miss the point, and why you’re allowed to ask questions about your own brain even in a hostile political climate.]]> https://quietlyneurodivergent.com/thinking-about-an-autism-or-adhd-assessment-when-the-world-is-shouting-about-overdiagnosis/feed/ 0 177