Published on 12, July, 2020
my dad had a learning disability which was diagnosed. He passed away at the age of 57. His two brothers have epilepsy, one of them even told me he thinks he has autism but never sought the diagnosis because he feels like he "wants to get jobs on his own merits". He doesn't want support.
Anyway, my dads mum also had a diagnosed learning disability.
I have a strong feeling they had autism event though it wasn't diagnosed.
My grandmother died at the age of 97, I don't believe women were diagnosed back when she was in her 20s or 30s.
I don't believe women were diagnosed back when she was in her 20s or 30s.
Diagnosis at all for 'high functioning' people (for want of a better term) as Aspergers was from the 1980s.
However, female diagnosis I believe has mainly taken off during this century.
https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/what-is-autism/the-history-of-autism/asperger-syndrome