I am 52 and have been diagnosed very recently. I am still in the process of working out which of my traits are due to autism and which are just me. I am a member of mensa, (although I failed school completely) I am articulate (when writing, not necessarily when speaking) and I have been in my job of supporting teenagers with maths in a complex needs school for 16 years. Yesterday I was very stressed and by the end of the day when someone spoke to me, it’s hard to explain, but I just could not respond. I struggled to process what they were saying and literally just did not know what to say and therefore couldnt speak. I ended up shrugging my shoulders in silence and walking away. This has happened to me many times before when stressed. Can anyone else relate? Is this a nt thing? Or an autistic thing?
