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Don't meet the criteria

SJade

Hello people,

I'm feeling very lost at the moment and would really appreciate some advice or stories.

I've just had a letter saying that I don't meet the criteria for a diagnosis of autism.

After years of research on autism in adult women and reading and  listening their experiences, I finally thought I had an answer as to why I feel and think the way I do as I experience the same things.  

I iust don't know where I go from here.

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  • Hi SJade and welcome. 

    Where do you go? Nowhere, please stay here and talk with us.

    I'm a woman in my sixties and "self discovered" that I was autistic when I was in my fifties. After much consideration and hearing stories like yours (on this forum) I decided not to pursue an assessment. I saw in another thread that you said you can communicate and do banter and that you are married, which is the reason they gave, and I am the same. After 5 decades of observing, copying, studying social sciences and asking people for clarification about what they think, I'm quite good at acting neurotypical, so it's not easy for others to see or to understand how I sometimes struggle.

    Be reassured that everyone is welcome here, diagnosed or not.

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  • Hi SJade and welcome. 

    Where do you go? Nowhere, please stay here and talk with us.

    I'm a woman in my sixties and "self discovered" that I was autistic when I was in my fifties. After much consideration and hearing stories like yours (on this forum) I decided not to pursue an assessment. I saw in another thread that you said you can communicate and do banter and that you are married, which is the reason they gave, and I am the same. After 5 decades of observing, copying, studying social sciences and asking people for clarification about what they think, I'm quite good at acting neurotypical, so it's not easy for others to see or to understand how I sometimes struggle.

    Be reassured that everyone is welcome here, diagnosed or not.

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