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Diagnosis Confirmed

danonwheels

So I had a telephone consultation this morning with the doctor who has been assessing me since last August and she confirmed I meet the criteria for an autism diagnosis, so she has given me that diagnosis.

It wasn't a surprise, but it did come as a shock when I thought back to school days and what might have been the case there if I had had a diagnosis then (I'm 45 now).  This diagnosis does explain a lot that has happened in my life, and from what I've read about it that's pretty common.

On the one hand I feel as if I've joined some sort of secret society type thing and on the other I'm feeling like I've been living a lie almost.

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  • Congratulations, many of us are diagnosed later in life because it was missed in school or parents weren't aware, different times.

    Its a journey after diagnosis as well as before, and can take a while to sink in.

  • in reply to Autimator

    Thank you.  Yes it might take a while to sink in and I think my parents might have missed it because I was born in 77 and it wasn’t really a thing then, and my parents were told I was highly intelligent as well.

  • in reply to danonwheels

    We are certainly more aware now, even though I believe that we will continue to learn more and more over the next few decades. I certainly feel that there are many more females in the population the have and are, being missed. That nearly happened to me, as my coping skills have been so refined over 56 years with no support. As a child, my parents didn't have a clue, even though I am certain that my mum was autistic - all the classic signs were there looking back. She didn't stand a chance because everyone thought she was just mentally ill. She probably would have bRolling eyeseen burnt at the stake as a witch if she had lived much earlier .... makes you think Rolling eyes.

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  • in reply to danonwheels

    We are certainly more aware now, even though I believe that we will continue to learn more and more over the next few decades. I certainly feel that there are many more females in the population the have and are, being missed. That nearly happened to me, as my coping skills have been so refined over 56 years with no support. As a child, my parents didn't have a clue, even though I am certain that my mum was autistic - all the classic signs were there looking back. She didn't stand a chance because everyone thought she was just mentally ill. She probably would have bRolling eyeseen burnt at the stake as a witch if she had lived much earlier .... makes you think Rolling eyes.

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