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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?

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  • Diagnosed at 62. Partly my fault. I was living in Essex , and  the mental health workers were very unsupportive re  my belief there was more going on than just severe mental illness.My persistence  annoyed them so much that my dx was changed from schizoaffective mixed type to personality disorder NOS then paranoid personality.

    Why partly my fault? My 'daughter' wanted me to move near her after her mother died . I kept declining, autistic anxiety re change. It took plans to knock the high rise I was living in down for me to agree to move. I first saw the psychiatrist in Wiltshire in October 2018. My 'daughter' was with me. She initiated  the talk about autism . 7 months later I was diagnosed with Asperger's/ASD.

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  • Diagnosed at 62. Partly my fault. I was living in Essex , and  the mental health workers were very unsupportive re  my belief there was more going on than just severe mental illness.My persistence  annoyed them so much that my dx was changed from schizoaffective mixed type to personality disorder NOS then paranoid personality.

    Why partly my fault? My 'daughter' wanted me to move near her after her mother died . I kept declining, autistic anxiety re change. It took plans to knock the high rise I was living in down for me to agree to move. I first saw the psychiatrist in Wiltshire in October 2018. My 'daughter' was with me. She initiated  the talk about autism . 7 months later I was diagnosed with Asperger's/ASD.

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