I am not a child psychologist, I’m just someone who has been a child and is now a parent. That said, after my talk there were some questions. Here are the answers I gave. Q6: What made you seek for a formal diagnosis? To support my daughter (who needed a diagnosis for school), and be a visible autistic adult, both for her and for members of the extended family/community so that she wouldn’t be the only one. There have been other advantages too, including having more internal permission to be the way I am.