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Devon Price
Devon Price

Aug 4

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17 min read
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Seeking an Autism Diagnosis? Here’s Why You Might Want to Rethink That.

Know the costs — and the legal risks.

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I literally wrote the book on the large and diverse population of Autistic adults who, for a variety of reasons usually related to marginalization, make it well into adulthood before discovering they have a disability. I call this group of Black, brown, trans, gay, female, elderly…

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