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'We grew up not knowing we were autistic.'

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I found this link at the bottom of an article posted a link to (on the thread 'Autism In The News. Good For A Change'). Just thought I'd post it here in case it was missed as I found it very helpful to read. It's several short personal stories from women of all ages who were diagnosed with AS in adulthood, discussing some of the difficulties that led them to seek a diagnosis and what it has meant to them since then.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/women_late_diagnosis_autism

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  • in reply to DongFeng5

    True! I hadn't considered that but it's quite likely. There seems to be something of an explosion of interest in autism this month, it can only be a good thing I think. Although I have wondered about being 'outed' if anyone who knows me at all well is taking in all of this recent publicity highlighting autism. Not necessarily a bad thing I suppose but I just haven't spoken about my diagnosis to anyone yet. Maybe it's now time to ...

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