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Just diagnosed yesterday.

Morganna Le Faye

Hi,

Yesterday I was diagnosed with level 1 autism spectum.  I'm 45. Female.  And although the diagnosis doesn't suprise me - I had figured it out, and took myself for testing.   I find myself sad for my younger self, and frankly angry at all those folks who could, and perhaps should, have spotted something when I was a child. I have just one life, and I've spent 45 years feeling that I was somehow failing, when all I needed was someone to recognise neurodivergence. 

Anyone else feel this way?

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  • We are of the generation of the great under diagnosed, our parents generation being the great undiagnosed, and I think rather than behaviours going unnoticed, they simply weren't understood. I sometimes wonder what, if anything, the support would have been like had I been diagnosed as a child, but I also wonder if it actually would have made my life better. An observation I have made about the younger (diagnosed) ND generation is that although they are wonderfully unapologetic of their behaviours, they also make little to no effort to accommodate those around them. I feel like, as with everything, their challenges will be different, but not necessarily better than those of us who are older.

    I have a 20 year old friend who has ADHD, and they struggle hugely with not having been able to find a romantic relationship. They also make no attempt to modify their "all about me" approach to life. For me there is a very clear link there...

  • in reply to Alice

    For me personally, Temple Grandin has the correct measure of accommodation for ones autism and how parental influence, guidance and support can be best applied.  She is one of my unsung heros - probably not everyone's cup of tea, but I have great admiration for her wisdom and accomplishments.

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