Em Rusciano has explained she's trying to unlearn the ways she coped with autism before being diagnosed with the disorder

Em Rusciano says she’s trying to ‘untangle’ the ways she coped with being autistic before being diagnosed with the disorder

Em Rusciano was formally diagnosed with autism last week, just over a year after being diagnosed with ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder).

And on Saturday, the radio and TV personality said she’s trying to unlearn the ways she coped with the disorder prior to her diagnosis.

The 43-year-old shared a photo to Instagram of herself and her son Elio, who has also been diagnosed with autism, and wrote: ‘E and I have always understood each other on a magic level. It kinda feels like we exist in our own personal realm.’

Em Rusciano has explained she's trying to unlearn the ways she coped with autism before being diagnosed with the disorder

Em Rusciano has explained she’s trying to unlearn the ways she coped with autism before being diagnosed with the disorder

‘We both share a love of microscopic details, plain pasta and really soft blankets. He gets me and I him and now I know why. A week ago I got my autism diagnosis and in all honesty it wasn’t really a shock.’

She explained how going through her son’s diagnostic process prepared her but she still finds herself ‘trying to untangle all ways in which being an undiagnosed autistic person has impacted my life.’

‘Ultimately I’m working towards liberation from the masking and pretending I’ve learned to do, two things this little kid will never have to do if I have any say in the matter,’ Em continued.

The 43-year-old shared a photo to Instagram of herself and her son Elio, who has also been diagnosed with autism, and wrote: 'E and I have always understood each other on a magic level. It kinda feels like we exist in our own personal realm'

The 43-year-old shared a photo to Instagram of herself and her son Elio, who has also been diagnosed with autism, and wrote: ‘E and I have always understood each other on a magic level. It kinda feels like we exist in our own personal realm’

‘So on this day of visibility for all disabled people, I simply ask that you celebrate, see and honour those of us who are perhaps different to you. #IDPwD.’

On Friday, Em went into more detail about her diagnosis during a series of posts on Instagram.  

‘I understand I might not fit your preconception of what autism is but that’s not my job to do that. I was diagnosed by a specialist in the field,’ she said. 

On Friday, Em went into more detail about her diagnosis during a series of posts on Instagram

On Friday, Em went into more detail about her diagnosis during a series of posts on Instagram 

Em said she was ‘mind-blown’ while filing out the questions relating to her condition because it was like ‘they were describing my childhood’.

In a recent Facebook post, the former radio host also explained some of her ADHD symptoms.

Her list included struggling to follow recipes, maps and instructions. 

‘I can’t wear a hair tie or scrunchy around my wrist, it makes me feel like I’m suffocating,’ she explained.

Em’s children are all neurodivergent. Her three-year-old son Elio has autism, and her daughter has ADHD.

'I understand I might not fit your preconception of what autism is but that's not my job to do that. I was diagnosed by a specialist in the field,' she said

‘I understand I might not fit your preconception of what autism is but that’s not my job to do that. I was diagnosed by a specialist in the field,’ she said

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