Dr. Sanam Hafiz

I mean a child who likes to sleep on a specific pillow or likes to eat very specific foods or doesn't like loud, unanticipated noises or has issues with textures or really either struggles to make friends or has no interest in socializing. or they don't understand or display inflection. Their language doesn't have the intonation, the music of language. They don't understand sarcasm.

I mean a child who likes to sleep on a specific pillow or likes to eat very specific foods or doesn't like loud, unanticipated noises or has issues with textures or really either struggles to make friends or has no interest in socializing. or they don't understand or display inflection. Their language doesn't have the intonation, the music of language. They don't understand sarcasm.

I mean a child who likes to sleep on a specific pillow or likes to eat very specific foods or doesn't like loud, unanticipated noises or has issues with textures or really either struggles to make friends or has no interest in socializing. or they don't understand or display inflection. Their language doesn't have the intonation, the music of language. They don't understand sarcasm.

They don't get jokes. Those are the things to look for. If you're an adult, the funny or the ironic thing is that if you're an adult and you may be on the spectrum, you don't necessarily recognize that you may be on the spectrum. Having an awareness, a hyper-awareness of yourself, sort of the inward navel-gazing, is not something autistic people can do very well. That is a defining feature.

They don't get jokes. Those are the things to look for. If you're an adult, the funny or the ironic thing is that if you're an adult and you may be on the spectrum, you don't necessarily recognize that you may be on the spectrum. Having an awareness, a hyper-awareness of yourself, sort of the inward navel-gazing, is not something autistic people can do very well. That is a defining feature.

They don't get jokes. Those are the things to look for. If you're an adult, the funny or the ironic thing is that if you're an adult and you may be on the spectrum, you don't necessarily recognize that you may be on the spectrum. Having an awareness, a hyper-awareness of yourself, sort of the inward navel-gazing, is not something autistic people can do very well. That is a defining feature.

So when people come and really go to bat for their diagnosis, I go, if you were truly autistic, you probably couldn't do that.

So when people come and really go to bat for their diagnosis, I go, if you were truly autistic, you probably couldn't do that.

So when people come and really go to bat for their diagnosis, I go, if you were truly autistic, you probably couldn't do that.

It is not something that goes away, doesn't change. And when people sort of deny that they may not be autistic, they're actually shutting off the things that you can't fix. You can't cure autism. What you can do is treat the things that sometimes come along with autism. So even if that is true. Let's say you're an Asperger's type person.

It is not something that goes away, doesn't change. And when people sort of deny that they may not be autistic, they're actually shutting off the things that you can't fix. You can't cure autism. What you can do is treat the things that sometimes come along with autism. So even if that is true. Let's say you're an Asperger's type person.

It is not something that goes away, doesn't change. And when people sort of deny that they may not be autistic, they're actually shutting off the things that you can't fix. You can't cure autism. What you can do is treat the things that sometimes come along with autism. So even if that is true. Let's say you're an Asperger's type person.

The way to correct that is to go into cognitive behavioral therapy with someone who knows autistic people who can teach you social strategies, work with you on eye contact. We're not trying to change who they are. We're trying to make them feel more at home or more easy to get along with or maybe go to an interview and get the job that they want and not feel left out.

The way to correct that is to go into cognitive behavioral therapy with someone who knows autistic people who can teach you social strategies, work with you on eye contact. We're not trying to change who they are. We're trying to make them feel more at home or more easy to get along with or maybe go to an interview and get the job that they want and not feel left out.

The way to correct that is to go into cognitive behavioral therapy with someone who knows autistic people who can teach you social strategies, work with you on eye contact. We're not trying to change who they are. We're trying to make them feel more at home or more easy to get along with or maybe go to an interview and get the job that they want and not feel left out.

Medication for anxiety can be helpful. Medication for ADHD can be helpful. The key is first to get a full assessment so you understand where you really belong on that spectrum. And you know, when people tell me they've had a diagnosis, I am very curious where they got that diagnosis. Who diagnosed them? What tools did they use to give them that diagnosis?

Medication for anxiety can be helpful. Medication for ADHD can be helpful. The key is first to get a full assessment so you understand where you really belong on that spectrum. And you know, when people tell me they've had a diagnosis, I am very curious where they got that diagnosis. Who diagnosed them? What tools did they use to give them that diagnosis?

Medication for anxiety can be helpful. Medication for ADHD can be helpful. The key is first to get a full assessment so you understand where you really belong on that spectrum. And you know, when people tell me they've had a diagnosis, I am very curious where they got that diagnosis. Who diagnosed them? What tools did they use to give them that diagnosis?

Because the majority of people I know don't own an ADOS, have never been trained on an ADOS, and don't have the faintest idea what the ADOS is. And it's a very critical tool. Everyone on my team has a doctorate and is licensed and primarily does assessments.

Because the majority of people I know don't own an ADOS, have never been trained on an ADOS, and don't have the faintest idea what the ADOS is. And it's a very critical tool. Everyone on my team has a doctorate and is licensed and primarily does assessments.