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1st Support Session

☕Tassimo ☕

Today is my first group session with other newly-diagnosed people. The topic is Feelings around Diagnosis. According to the description on the agenda, we'll be exploring our own and others feelings about diagnosis and how being on the spectrum affects different people in different ways. I'm looking forward to it. It will be nice to hear what other adults have to share. How people feel about a diagnosis varies; some were are happy and reassured to receive a diagnosis, while others were upset, shocked or surprised. I belong to the latter group. It was the last thing I ever expected. How do I feel now six months on? I first felt shock about being autistic, then I felt disbelief (I almost asked for a second opinion against the diagnosis), then I felt pride about being autistic—maybe now I would fit in with some other people? I can't honestly say I fit in any better in an autistic community.  So where am I at the moment? I'm right back where I started, listening to autistic people and feeling I've had with non-autistic people. 

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  • You know what, I agree with you quite a lot here.

    I think a lot of us maybe have high hopes when joining a community of like minded people, however we can often be disappointed. 

    I think people forget that majority of ND's are socialised exactly the same as NT's, we just respond to it all and take it in differently.

    I think this is the reason why (and I don't mean any offence to any particular group here) I have found that since expressing the fact that I am autistic (and a female) on social media, I have been met with lots of abuse. And not from the people you would expect, it's usually from white men who are autistic. Which is very saddening to me. 

    I guess there is prejudice in every group unfortunately.

  • in reply to miaxx

    It's disappointing. I still feel as different as I did before. In some ways, I feel less connected with autistic people than I do with non-autistic people. I can't see any difference in how both groups behave with one another or with other people. It's very disappointing.

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