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Autism and Age

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Do the 'symptoms' /'traits' of autism increase  and are more noticable with age?  Would that be less masking in a more familiar space. Could it be one or the other or both?

Parents

  • I was diagnosed with ASD at 53 and ADHD-i 8 months later, it is a steep learning curve.

    I was unsure whether it was just my brain giving me permission to allow my "quirks" out for a while as now I'm diagnosed.

    The other option is that as you get older your active memory doesn't work quite as well as it did, so you can't actively monitor and correct your natural behaviour in real time.

    Those are my theories anyway.

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  • I was diagnosed with ASD at 53 and ADHD-i 8 months later, it is a steep learning curve.

    I was unsure whether it was just my brain giving me permission to allow my "quirks" out for a while as now I'm diagnosed.

    The other option is that as you get older your active memory doesn't work quite as well as it did, so you can't actively monitor and correct your natural behaviour in real time.

    Those are my theories anyway.

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