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Did you receive a very late autism diagnosis/realisation?

Debbie

I thought a thread just to discuss this subject might be quite pertinent as quite a few of us on the forum are very late diagnosed/realised.

I was diagnosed at 60.

I read this article today in the BBC news:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy87542l14ro

How has your diagnosis/realisation affected you?

Parents

  • In my case it’s not very late as I’m 36, but the realisation helped me generally. Helped me to know myself better, helped me find job that suits me better and understand why I’m inferior to others. But it’s not helpful in terms of having contact with people, I can’t join local support group without dx and I just accepted the fact that I will always be this alienated human. Because during the years I mastered my own coping strategies so for many professionals I’m doing too good and I’m too normal to be autistic, but unfortunately for neurotypical  people I’m too weird to be included. 

  • in reply to Alien0n3arth

    Just to say you are NOT inferior to others just different Grinning

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