Recently diagnosed at 67 looking to make friends

Hello Pixiefox

Thank you .Much appreciated.I think I have got the hang a bit more of this platform now.I got into a muddle with logging in but hopefully I have now mastered that 

By the way I love that meme ! It has a kind of Doris Day,Pleasantville feel about it ! 

• Hello TheCatWoman.

Apologies for the late reply I managed to get myself into a bit of a muddle with logging on but I think I have muddled my way out of it and it’s a question of logging in more often to find my way around a bit better.

Thank you.How many cats do you have ? 
I use to have 4 but sadly they all passed away.They adopted me and they were all so character ful.Where I lived was quite rural so they were free to come and go .I moved house 4 years ago and where I live now is on a main road so it’s not possible to have any furry 4 legged friends.
Im 67 retired and retirement was what set things in motion so to speak that brought me to where I am now as being recently diagnosed.Quite a few things have started to slot into place.

Looking forward to getting to know you too 

Hello LucyLandRover.

Thank you much appreciated 

Hi Tulip52

Apologies for the late reply.I got myself into a bit of a muddle with logging in yet I think I have now been able to muddle my way out of it! I need to keep logging in to work my way around things on here.
Much appreciated 

Gary 

Hi Karin 

Thank you.I am a bit more confident now with using this platform and apologies for this late reply.

I was feeling a bit low earlier so I’m glad I persevered with logging in as I kind of got myself into a bit of a muddle but I think I have managed to muddle my way out of it.

Much appreciated 

Gary 

Thank you lawlozuk! 
Greetings in return ! 

Hi there Take5 thank you.Kind of mixed feelings of relief and …but what if they have got it wrong.
I have got my feedback session tomorrow so I will be on a kind of …are you sure stance.

Apologies for the late reply but I have been a bit all over the place.

Also feeling more confident with using this platform which I think is a brilliant idea.

Gary 

Hi Ben,

Thank you.How are you feeling now about it Ben?
Quite a few things are kind of starting to slot into place and likewise explains a lot of my past difficulties too.
I have my feedback session from my diagnosis tomorrow.The last 2 weeks ever since I received it I have felt quite up and down though I kind of set to with some reading on autism ‘ The Autistic Survival Guide To Therapy’ by Steph Jones.Almost most finished the second book which I think is going to be helpful with unmasking ‘Unmasking Autism’ by Dr Devon Price.

A couple more on order from Amazon.

I think the weirdest thing about this diagnosis is that I was masking my entire life and always struggled with settling into reading a book.That has now changed and I’m happy to read and read about autism.A new hyperfocus / special interest ! 

Gary

This is great ! 

How is it going with learning about your traits ? It’s a lot to take in,digest,wade through in my mind ! I have my feedback session tomorrow regarding my diagnosis which I received about 2 weeks ago.I have been doing some reading on masking and I think I have got a lot of work ahead ! 
I don’t have any friends at the moment.I have been looking online but can’t seem to find any groups locally but I will continue working on finding something hopefully 

Thank you! 

Hello, wellcome to the autism community. I hope you make friends here. 

I found one of my favourite autistic memes about this:

Or the elder Claudius in I Claudius

I think some people expect us to act like Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man"

You don't look autistic, what on earths that supposed to mean? What do autistic people look like or rather how are we supposed to look to NT's? Sorry that wasn't aimed at you but at the ignorance of people who think you can see things like ASC.

I was also late diagnosed aged 53 in 2021, I'm still learning about my traits.  The friends that I thought I had laughed at me when I told them, they seem to think I don't look autistic. Anyway I don't have friends in my life anymore only family. At least in the group we can be ourselves. 

Hi Gary,

I was also diagnosed at 67, nearly five years ago now; it explained so many of my past difficulties.

I wish I had known earlier, but that just can't be changed.

Welcome to the forum.

Ben

There are a few of us older ones on here, so I look forward to getting to know you.

Welcome to the forum and hope you enjoy chatting with us.