Do all Autistic people have anxiety? I’ve heard people, even medical professionals, say things like, “Oh, anxiety. That’s just part of being Autistic. All Autistic people have anxiety.” If you’d like to hear my thoughts on this, stay tuned. First, to be very clear, Autism and anxiety are independent conditions that sometimes can co-occur. Medical experts claim that it is not easy for them to recognize the presence of anxiety in Autistic patients, because of – I’m going to quote this “overlapping symptomology and altered presentations of […]

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