@benjamincox
I read Field Guide to Earthlings starting out, then took all the assessments at Embrace Autism's website again and again. I spent 18 months actively consuming blog and social content from autists online. I read the DSM criteria, critiques of it, and a handful of scientific papers from scholars using the neurodiversity paradigm. After 1-2 years I felt confident with my self dx #actuallyAutistic@actuallyautistic