Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi everyone,
I am new to this site and looking forward to discussing different subjects. I have recently been placed on the waiting list for an autism diagnosis at 23yrs old.
Is there anyone else out there who has taken a while to understand why they are the way they are? Or have been misdiagnosed with mental health problems, with autism being completely missed?
Would love to hear people's views on this.
-Sarah
Hi and welcome. I took 50 years to realise I had ASD and was just not mentally unstable. Those of us 40+ never got a chance of a diagnosis in our younger days.
same. I received a diagnosis only last week! took me to have children to realise what ASD is and I slowly realised there was a *lot* of things now and from my childhood that make sense viewed through this lens