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Poppin Off
Today Nichole pops off about official autism diagnoses and how inaccessible they are, creating barriers for those on the spectrum to get access to services they need.
Joke
Why do anarchists only drink herbal tea? Plus another bonus joke!
Main Topic: Queerness and Anarchy For All!
Inspired by the book Queering Anarchism, we talk about the concept of queer anarchism and how we can queer our anarchy and anarchize our queerness, focusing specifically on how these two practices are available to EVERYONE no matter how you identify or what your political ideology is.
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Transcript
Nichole [00:00:26] So hello internet. I’m Nichole.
Callie [00:00:29] And I’m Callie.
Nichole [00:00:30] And today we’ll be talking about…
Callie [00:00:33] Queer anarchism!
Nichole [00:00:35] We’re so excited. Highly anticipated.
Callie [00:00:39] So excited.
Nichole [00:00:40] We’re not as ready as we want to be but like, fuck it right?
Callie [00:00:45] Mm hmm, Yep.
Nichole [00:00:47] First, however, we’re going to talk about, well, I’m going to talk about a little autism update, if you will. So in the last week, ever since we had our neurodivergent coming-out episode, we have, well I’ve looked into really what it takes to get diagnosed. I was able to get in touch with a professional and talk to her about what a formal diagnosis would require. And I now more fully understand why people encourage others to diagnose themselves if they can’t get diagnosed professionally because it is really difficult. There’s a pretty high barrier to diagnosis. So just for everyone else who’s interested in this, this might be some useful information for you.
Nichole [00:01:42] So for, first of all, for me to get an informal diagnosis, she was saying her discounted rate was one hundred an hour and it would take two to three sessions for us to go through the questions that she had and just to do the evaluation to get like, basically a, you know, you can feel good that you sort of have a diagnosis now, but it won’t get you access to anything, a diagnosis. So it’s gonna be probably like three hundred dollars for that because I don’t have insurance. And then to get a formal diagnosis, you actually have to go to a center. It’s far more expensive. She didn’t say exactly how much, but I’m guessing like six to twelve hundred dollars, somewhere in there. It can take months, there’s questions that you have to answer, like tons of questions that you have to answer and they do a really strong evaluation on your development as a child.
Nichole [00:02:43] So they highly recommend that you bring a parent or h...
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Poppin Off
Today Nichole pops off about official autism diagnoses and how inaccessible they are, creating barriers for those on the spectrum to get access to services they need.
Joke
Why do anarchists only drink herbal tea? Plus another bonus joke!
Main Topic: Queerness and Anarchy For All!
Inspired by the book Queering Anarchism, we talk about the concept of queer anarchism and how we can queer our anarchy and anarchize our queerness, focusing specifically on how these two practices are available to EVERYONE no matter how you identify or what your political ideology is.
SUPPORT THE SHOW
Follow us: Twitter | Instagram |YouTube
Join our community: Facebook Group | Discord Server
Donate to us: Patreon | PayPal
Transcript
Nichole [00:00:26] So hello internet. I’m Nichole.
Callie [00:00:29] And I’m Callie.
Nichole [00:00:30] And today we’ll be talking about…
Callie [00:00:33] Queer anarchism!
Nichole [00:00:35] We’re so excited. Highly anticipated.
Callie [00:00:39] So excited.
Nichole [00:00:40] We’re not as ready as we want to be but like, fuck it right?
Callie [00:00:45] Mm hmm, Yep.
Nichole [00:00:47] First, however, we’re going to talk about, well, I’m going to talk about a little autism update, if you will. So in the last week, ever since we had our neurodivergent coming-out episode, we have, well I’ve looked into really what it takes to get diagnosed. I was able to get in touch with a professional and talk to her about what a formal diagnosis would require. And I now more fully understand why people encourage others to diagnose themselves if they can’t get diagnosed professionally because it is really difficult. There’s a pretty high barrier to diagnosis. So just for everyone else who’s interested in this, this might be some useful information for you.
Nichole [00:01:42] So for, first of all, for me to get an informal diagnosis, she was saying her discounted rate was one hundred an hour and it would take two to three sessions for us to go through the questions that she had and just to do the evaluation to get like, basically a, you know, you can feel good that you sort of have a diagnosis now, but it won’t get you access to anything, a diagnosis. So it’s gonna be probably like three hundred dollars for that because I don’t have insurance. And then to get a formal diagnosis, you actually have to go to a center. It’s far more expensive. She didn’t say exactly how much, but I’m guessing like six to twelve hundred dollars, somewhere in there. It can take months, there’s questions that you have to answer, like tons of questions that you have to answer and they do a really strong evaluation on your development as a child.
Nichole [00:02:43] So they highly recommend that you bring a parent or h...