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Just been diognosed heard all negitive not positive

Pop

Hi I am pop and I had my.offical dionosis come though yesterday but it was all the negatives and it made me really down. I was wondering is anyone new the benefits to being autistic or is it just all bad?

  • in reply to Catlover

    don't forget about reality snapshot

  • in reply to Paul

    most of us impose sort of block on oneself that is preventing full development, we feel like imposters until both self-diagnosis and official diagnosis happen, at least grown ups, I don't know how it is for kids, with loving parents that helped them to get diagnosed and get familiar with being autistic.

  • Hmm I have just said hello and asked whether it is worth getting a formal diagnosis.  This kind of implies it doesn't add anything. 

    However all I have read so far about autism is largely positive as long as you deal with it in the right way.

  • It really depends in your assessment process, and how you are informed. You should be told your strengths and weaknesses really.

    I‘m not diagnosed yet, but my daughter is. There are plenty of good things. Some people excel in a particular field, we may be creative or musical, some have good memory, we think out of the box, we can cut out the time wasting stuff, we know a huge amount of facts on our special subjects, we are honest, we don’t lie.

    How about the fact we don’t judge people? Or we have an affinity with animals? Hate injustice?

    Just some things to throw out there….

  • it is all good, if look at it at a different angle, and ignore what they tell you, they interpret it all wrong

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