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ASD diagnosis (reactions from those around you)

RuthTaylor

Hello All,

I got diagnosed with Aspergers earlier this month and have been surprised by people's reactions to my diagnosis (not that I've told a lot of people but close friends, family, employer and a few medical professionals) and these are the responses that I've had:

  • You don't look autistic
  • Oh no I'm sorry to hear that
  • You don't act autistic
  • Don't people get diagnosed as children (A Pharmacist said this)
  • You seem normal to me
  • Oh but you're intelligent (My dad)
  • Is that a learning disability (My dad)
  • I've never seen you being violent or screaming

Just wondered what responses you got from those around you when you told them that you were diagnosed with ASD?

Thanks 

Ruth 

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  • I've not had an official diagnosis, but after months of research and having scored highly on every ASC type test I've been able to find I'm 99% certain that I'm on this spectrum somewhere. The problem with telling anyone isn't going to be the lack of an official piece of paper I don't think - more the fact that I'm able to mask exceedingly well, to the extent that I can appear quite extroverted. Of course what people don't see is that after a few hours of this I head off home and take to my bed for most of the rest of the day. Even when I've hinted to people that in reality I'm a 'little introverted' (deliberate underplay on my part) they look at me in total disbelief.

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  • I've not had an official diagnosis, but after months of research and having scored highly on every ASC type test I've been able to find I'm 99% certain that I'm on this spectrum somewhere. The problem with telling anyone isn't going to be the lack of an official piece of paper I don't think - more the fact that I'm able to mask exceedingly well, to the extent that I can appear quite extroverted. Of course what people don't see is that after a few hours of this I head off home and take to my bed for most of the rest of the day. Even when I've hinted to people that in reality I'm a 'little introverted' (deliberate underplay on my part) they look at me in total disbelief.

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