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Some advice for a newly diagnosed adult

Ellie 567

Hi everyone 

I am 23 years old and was diagnosed with level 1 ASD a few months ago.

This is my first post on the forum, I have been looking through some old posts and found it reassuring to know that there are others out there in the same boat as me. I feel that I am over analysing everything I do and analyse whether what I do is part of my autism or just part of me, and trying to build my self esteem back as the diagnosis knocked me a bit. 

I was wondering if anyone else on here has some tips with how to deal with accepting their diagnosis, or if anyone felt the same as me when they were diagnosed? I would really appreciate some advice and would love for you to share your experiences as a newly diagnosed adult. I am looking forward to engaging with this online community and to share experiences with others.

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  • I'm a bit older (55) and only got diagnosed ASC level 1 in September. Has it made any difference? I would say it's helped my work situation but in all other respects it hasn't made much difference, probably because I still don't believe it but accept that I have always had issues. I don't think I could change and whether I had know earlier would have made any difference to the way I act. I wear a "I have autism" band and a couple os Aspie T shirts but no one has noticed :) Probably just as well because if someone were to ask me what does having Autism actually mean, I would be stumped! :Nerd

  • in reply to JohnS

    Thank you for your reply -I was in denial too and it did knock my confidence because I questioned everything I was doing! I know that the diagnosis doesn’t change who you are and like you I don’t know what difference it would have made if I was diagnosed earlier , maybe not a lot of difference !

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  • in reply to JohnS

    Thank you for your reply -I was in denial too and it did knock my confidence because I questioned everything I was doing! I know that the diagnosis doesn’t change who you are and like you I don’t know what difference it would have made if I was diagnosed earlier , maybe not a lot of difference !

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