Published on 12, July, 2020
I've had mixed responses from:
You are so brave, well done for asking for support (friend/colleague who has child and brother who are autistic)
You seem to just want to be autistic and you are looking for things to fit into it (husband)
Everyone has some autistic traits (other friend)
Outright ignored my messages about it completely (best friend)
Maybe I'm autistic too (not sure if being sarcastic or not, she has had issues with me telling her I suffer with anxiety in the past) (my mum)
I mainly want support with work-related issues if I am autistic. Maybe my parenting too as I'm struggling with that in some ways (listening to my children speaking and showing them enough affection).
I'm really tired since I spoke to my GP last week. I feel like it is all I can think about and I'm scared of waiting a long time for assessment just to then be told I'm wrong. Online tests that I've done so far suggest I am likely to be autistic but are they reliable?!
they are fairly reliable , i mean the online tests
My mum is autistic and doesnt know !
M said:Everyone has some autistic traits (other friend)
NO they dont ! thats the same as saying my tan make me a bit "Black" but dont reply to these silly responses
Lol, my whole family is autistic. We go on holiday and we write our own quizzes to do every night. Then we watch university challenge and then documentaries.
By did it do you mean got diagnosed? How did your employer respond? Did you wait to tell them after diagnosis?
I'm going to.
wait for a while
I've just changed jobs so I don't know my manager well yet. Not sure how anyone that I work with would respond.