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Skill Regression upon Diagnosis

www.instagram.com Katie Bowen (commodified) on Instagram: "It’s been a wild ride, but a lot of good has come from it. (Even if I am now clumsier, easier to overstimulate/overwhelm, and less socially aware than before!✨) #latediagnosedautistic #autisminwomen #formergiftedkid #makinglemonadeoutoflemons #undiagnosedautism #cptsd #busybrained #habitualinstigator"

22K likes, 80 comments - shopvsthevoid on June 12, 2023: "It’s been a wild ride, but a lot of good has come from it. (Even if I am now clumsier, easier ..."

Katie Bowen (commodified) on Instagram: "It’s been a wild ride, but a lot of good has come from it. (Even if I am now clumsier, easier to overstimulate/overwhelm, and less socially aware than before!✨) #latediagnosedautistic #autisminwomen #formergiftedkid #makinglemonadeoutoflemons #undiagnosedautism #cptsd #busybrained #habitualinstigator"

Link to an Instagram reel Audio "I will grow under any conditions" Text "Me before I unmasked, working myself to what looks like irreversible ASD burnout"

Audio "I'm allergic to tap water" Text "Me after unmasking and learning how real skill regression is"

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  • "Skill regression" is such an awful term. It would be like taking a severe workaholic who is getting stress ulcers, having them develop a proper work-life balance, and calling that "productivity regression".

    • Totally. What do you think we should call it?

      • I don't know. "Functional rebalancing" would be more accurate, but kind of clunky. I can't think of anything more pithy.

        • Baselining is pretty much just that. You work your ass off for 6 weeks and then you're super unproductive for a week to get back to baseline.

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