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This is on Lady Like, I'm Kristen, and that was a listener named Sarah. Last year at 47, Sarah self-diagnosed as autistic.

For a while, she didn't really consider autism,

since she isn't a boy who loves trains and rigid schedules.

Then, Sarah learned that autism spectrum disorder or ASD is a developmental and

neurological disorder that can affect how you learn, behave, interact, and communicate.

And she saw her traits, difficulty with eye contact,

social awkwardness, sensory issues. She saw them making sense for the first time on the spectrum.

Now the first place I remember seeing an autistic woman on screen was, and this is wild to admit, but it was on a reality

television show called America's Next Top Model.

This was back in college in 2007 it was cycle 9

because apparently cycle is a sheaker way of saying season?

I don't know.

My roommates and I were tuning in every week

because there was no Hulu,

and we were pulling for a gangly brunette named Heather Kuzmich.

Okay, tell me at 13 years old, you were diagnosed with something.

What were you diagnosed with?

Actually, it was, Osberger's in ADHD.

Osberger Syndrome is basically like it's described as a mild version of autism.

It also includes the person being very awkward in

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