Autism courses and knowledge:
Learning about yourself and how you're wired differently and gaining understanding is important, with or without a diagnosis, if you study the spectrum and identify with aspects of it then you're already definitely wired differently and that's just life.
We can wait for a diagnosis, I mean, we have to don't we ahaha.
But learning about autism and doing an understanding autism level 2 course was an eye opener for the things that I do that was mislabelled 'quirks' or 'quirky'.
There's something freeing in finding out that there is NOTHING wrong with you, you're just different.
It can be empowering. Freeing. It leads to self acceptance and if you don't relate and don't have any autistic traits atleast by doing the course you're educating yourself about those around you who do. Those who are autistic.
It's a win/win.
Get that knowledge, it changes lives.
Sarah
Independent disability advocate
