Published on 12, July, 2020
I've been diagnosed 24 years now.Follow up question:Do you feel that you understand your own Autism?
Since May 2019. It only happened because I moved from Essex to Wiltshire to be near my daughter. I first entertained the possibility there was more going on than SMI a few years after going online in 1996. Voiced my belief to the psych team a few years later. Was ignored. Persisted, and was regarded as a bad patient. Moved to Wiltshire in Sept 2017. Was assessed and diagnosed with Asperger's 7 months after my 1st psych appointment in Wiltshire.I understand my own autism more than how it fits in with other people who are autistic. I have great difficulty identifying with autistic 'personalities' on YouTube, and to a lesser degree autistic persons on X.
Wow mate. You probably should have been diagnosed around the same time I was! Good on the county of Wiltshire for finally handing you your diagnosis.