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Diagnosis and parents

Jay

Hi, 

I am an adult considering seeking a diagnosis but I can’t imagine feeling able to talk to my parents about it. We pretty much never discuss personal things and I feel it might upset them too. Out of interest, my wife is certain my father is autistic.

My question is whether people have gone through the diagnosis without involvement of their family as that is part of it from what I’ve read, as they want to know about how the person was as a child. 

Thanks for any advice. 

J

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  • Since writing this, I’ve had some old related posts flagged up and I’m glad to see that there have been diagnoses without parents involvement. It makes sense as some people’s parents are of course dead or estranged entirely. 

    I am seeing mine later, so might surreptitiously drop in some questions. I always forget when I started talking etc (think two and a half). 

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  • Since writing this, I’ve had some old related posts flagged up and I’m glad to see that there have been diagnoses without parents involvement. It makes sense as some people’s parents are of course dead or estranged entirely. 

    I am seeing mine later, so might surreptitiously drop in some questions. I always forget when I started talking etc (think two and a half). 

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