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So I'm Autistic

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After years of struggling through life, being bullied for being different, feeling different to everyone else, behaving differently and inappropriately sometimes, struggling with simple things that are easy to most, turns out i'm officially autistic, I had pretty much worked it out for myself already, and I'm not sure how or if it will help or hinder me to be diagnosed now at the grand age of 50.

But I'm kind of glad, it's a relief.

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  • I’m just about to turn 40, and am waiting to hear if my referral for assessment has been approved.  Did it take you long to get your formal diagnosis? Have you told family/friends? 

  • in reply to NAS75394

    Hi there, for me from referral it was about 2.5 years, a long time I know but they have huge waiting lists and of course there was the pandemic so they had to divert some of their already limited resources to dealing with that, so hopefully yours will be quicker than that.

    I've told a few people, my sons, a few friends, and my boss, and have received mixed reactions from supportive all the way down to disbelief, as in they don't believe autism is real.

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  • in reply to NAS75394

    Hi there, for me from referral it was about 2.5 years, a long time I know but they have huge waiting lists and of course there was the pandemic so they had to divert some of their already limited resources to dealing with that, so hopefully yours will be quicker than that.

    I've told a few people, my sons, a few friends, and my boss, and have received mixed reactions from supportive all the way down to disbelief, as in they don't believe autism is real.

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