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Telling people I am autistic

Magnolia1

Is it wrong that I enjoy telling people I am autistic ? There is a small part of me that likes the special attention. 

I have had to tell both my dentist and my doctor as I have had meltdowns in both places. (They should really read their notes and know) My N A S therapist is going to write to them. 

I am proud of my new identity (got diagnosed at 40 in March this year) I love that it explains my behaviour and I seem to have developed an autism radar in spotting others with it. 

Sorry this group coherent thread, just wondered if anyone else felt them same. 

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  • I got diagnosed at 58 (just over 2 years ago), and so far I've had very positive reactions when I have disclosed I'm autistic.

    If I've been speaking to someone at a utility firm or similar, I often find it difficult to process their speech quickly, and to get meaning from what they say.  A couple of times I've disclosed to people I'm talking to on their phoneline, so they are aware I might need time to process.  There was one call in particular, where the operative was very understanding, and waited while I made notes of what he said, before he gave me the next bit of information.  Considering that a lot of these call centres try to get through these calls as quick as they can, I was very impressed with the time he took to make sure I was clear on everything.

    A week ago we had an aerial installer visit to make some changes to our TV aerial.  I explained to him that I was autistic and might need processing time, and he too was very clear.  It makes things much better.

    I told my extended family when I was diagnosed, and without exception everyone was very supportive.  I haven't had any experience of this in a social setting outside the family since diagnosis, as I prefer following my own interests at home, but I'm hopeful that my experiences would be the same as those explained above.

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  • I got diagnosed at 58 (just over 2 years ago), and so far I've had very positive reactions when I have disclosed I'm autistic.

    If I've been speaking to someone at a utility firm or similar, I often find it difficult to process their speech quickly, and to get meaning from what they say.  A couple of times I've disclosed to people I'm talking to on their phoneline, so they are aware I might need time to process.  There was one call in particular, where the operative was very understanding, and waited while I made notes of what he said, before he gave me the next bit of information.  Considering that a lot of these call centres try to get through these calls as quick as they can, I was very impressed with the time he took to make sure I was clear on everything.

    A week ago we had an aerial installer visit to make some changes to our TV aerial.  I explained to him that I was autistic and might need processing time, and he too was very clear.  It makes things much better.

    I told my extended family when I was diagnosed, and without exception everyone was very supportive.  I haven't had any experience of this in a social setting outside the family since diagnosis, as I prefer following my own interests at home, but I'm hopeful that my experiences would be the same as those explained above.

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