Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi everyone. I’m a podcast listener as find them informative and in some ways, soothing. I’m looking for recommendations of where I can hear the experiences of the late diagnosed. I was diagnosed this year aged 50. I have noticed that when listening to people discussing their experiences in the media, when they begin talking about being late diagnosed they frame it in the context of being in their late twenties. I would be interested in hearing older peoples life experiences. Thanks in advance.
What do you mean by “frame it in the context of being in their late twenties”?
i think he means that the 20s isnt really late, he wants later, like 50 plus.
Being diagnosed in your late 20's is still a late diagnosis because that's nearing on 30.
I so agree - and far more self awareness as well as awareness of the world around them. However, years and years of masking can result in struggles to know the real you rather than the 'you' you've spent your life creating.
You make an incredibly valid point I think the whole process needs an overhaul.
yeah true, most diagnosis and stuff are aimed at children, so ideally diagnosis should have been caught in childhood.... although i think thats flawed as any child can exhibit traits of autism but yet develope and grow neurotypically... so really later diagnosis is probably more accurate really as you have the absolute finished product alongside a entire life worth of data and evidence.