I know you said this was a trusted source, but remember that these tests aren't supposed to diagnose you—they're mostly a metric for an approximate beginning. It's less of a... "you do/don't have ASD" and more of a "you resonate with none/some/most/all of the symptoms that people with ASD might commonly face." It could be something else triggering those symptoms, like a different condition or just your life environment. Just—do a lot of research before you make up your mind, ok? I'm not saying you haven't—I don't really know—but make extra sure there isn't something else that could be causing those symptoms & just be especially sure before you self-diagnose so you can avoid the situations where it's a mis-diagnosis, which can be really harmful. It's really hard to tell from online stuff, and I'd definitely suggest meeting with a psychologist—like you said you were trying to do :)

Keep in mind that all my advice might not apply to you for some reason, and that I don't know exactly what you're going through, or how much research you've put in, or very many details in general—but I'll try to be helpful.

Also, like the admins suggested, you could talk to your medical provider or doctor at your next check-up. While they might not be a psychologist, they could still hear you out and maybe help you get in touch with an expert. I know you have full rights to speak to a medical provider privately without parents once you're over the age of 12—but I'm pretty sure you're younger than that, hm... you could still ask to speak privately if it's something you don't want your parents to hear, and they're probably say yes—I can't think of why they wouldn't.

Another option might be to get in touch with some kind of coach/teacher/mentor/other trusted adult in your life—you're homeschooled, so those people in your life might not be as prolific, but if you have one of an extracurricular that you think might provide a helpful opinion/service on the matter, you could talk to them. And once you have a therapist, they're definitely a safe place to share that, but I wouldn't necessarily reccomend waiting until you get one to share.

Or you could try your parents again. No advice here—there's some things like this I definitely haven't told my parents but I'm going to be hypocritical and suggest it lol. Maybe if you clearly explain your view and the research you've done? Just ask them to hear you out before shutting you down, or ask for them to get you in touch with a psychologist, or whatever else you think would help. Or you could write them a letter, if face-to-face conversation is to hard.

But if it's a problem/something at the top of your mind a lot at all I'd suggest you talk to someone!! Don't keep it in—it just leads to a lot of self-doubt and bad conclusions and you can't get the right help if you need it. Trust me on this—I've been there (still am, oops :/). Best of luck~

Wow okay this has a lot of typos. I also meant to or I guess thought I went into more detail but sometimes what I end up typing up versus what I think in my head is very different.

Once again, the Admin's amazing handiwork; a one-to-two-hour interval between origional submission and publication.

That's amazing! I'm so happy for you!

And also, the night before last night, my entire (household of course) family and I had an interesting discussion about neurodivergence and I figured out that there is no possible way I cannot be on the spectrum. So, self diagnosed completely. Also, my mom is still looking into therapists who can give me formal assessments, but not as I type.