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Telling family and friends

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What have others here done about telling people about their diagnosis?

I'm inclined to tell everyone, especially as I'm retired now, so there's no possibility of a backlash there. Has anyone else done this? And if yes, how did it go?

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  • It may be helpful to explain how autism affects you personally, and explain some of the symptoms you experience, seeing as autism is a wide spectrum with many different symptoms so it may be helpful to those around you if you explain your experiences with it. For example when I told my school teacher, I explained how it affects my school performance and anything the teacher could do to help me and what they should do in certain situations. So lets say if you had sensory issues, it would be useful to point these out to your friends/family so that they are aware of it. You dont need to go in to too much detail with everyone if you dont want to, but it could be useful to have some points in your head that you can tell people about when you tell them you have autism 

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  • It may be helpful to explain how autism affects you personally, and explain some of the symptoms you experience, seeing as autism is a wide spectrum with many different symptoms so it may be helpful to those around you if you explain your experiences with it. For example when I told my school teacher, I explained how it affects my school performance and anything the teacher could do to help me and what they should do in certain situations. So lets say if you had sensory issues, it would be useful to point these out to your friends/family so that they are aware of it. You dont need to go in to too much detail with everyone if you dont want to, but it could be useful to have some points in your head that you can tell people about when you tell them you have autism 

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