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Disclosure of diagnosis

Jon

I was only diagnosed with Aspergers last year at the age of 39. Its no secret but I just havn't told many people. I don't really have many friends and even then I only see them infrequently. I see little of my family. I have told my work and am off sick as I am not coping there.

I was just wondering what other peoples thoughts and experiences were with regard to telling people about there diagnosis. If you tell someone then they mkisunderstand so you are responsible for giving them all the information. Thats seems hard. I just don't know how to go about telling people in a way they will understand. I suppose that to tell someone there has to be some benift or whats the point? Its definately not a secret though but I just don't want people to misunderstand.

How have other people dealt with telling people they already know or new people?

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  • Yep Silver, I agree. Deciding when to give them it is important.

    .....I have been putting off the dentist for a while now.....Opticians :-( I really had problems with some new glasses. They were so uncomfortable. The manager was helpful but it was a nightmare going in each time to try and sort them out. They ended up swaping them for a different pair (thumbs up Vision Express). My girlfriend explained about my Aspergers to the manager and that helped but I know they had limited understanding...... but they did try......hopefully I don't need to go back for a few years. The whole process really brought me down...

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  • Yep Silver, I agree. Deciding when to give them it is important.

    .....I have been putting off the dentist for a while now.....Opticians :-( I really had problems with some new glasses. They were so uncomfortable. The manager was helpful but it was a nightmare going in each time to try and sort them out. They ended up swaping them for a different pair (thumbs up Vision Express). My girlfriend explained about my Aspergers to the manager and that helped but I know they had limited understanding...... but they did try......hopefully I don't need to go back for a few years. The whole process really brought me down...

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