Older late diagnosed or self identifying people, do you ever wonder how you made it to adulthood?

Do I ever wonder how I made it to adulthood? Sometimes I am ok with that I was not diagnosed before-although I lived my life and had autistic behaviour/traits there was nothing to limit what I could do. There are some benefit though to being diagnosed like learning about the sensory I was more aware of it and how to manage it and the condition itself. 

I had behavioural issues at primary school due to sensory behaviour and it was not illegal to smack a child then and I was disciplined.

I saw a child consultant as a 15 year old in 1988 and only autism could be diagnosed then- it was DSM 3 TR and you had to be profoundly impacted to get a diagnosis and it never came up. I didn't see them very long to observe to. I had an overwhelming situations at 15 and 20. Having an eating disorder covered up some of the autism and acted as also a special interest of its own at times.

I became aware of in around 2013 and it was brought up in 2015 in hospital. I was diagnosed in 2022 eventually.I could have been in 2016, but a family member denied childhood illness etc but i got my medical records from then and applied again when a nurse said it would be a good idea to be tested. I wasn't tested in 2016. I filled in forms and then they spoke to a family member and they was given wrong information..

Do I ever wonder how I made it to adulthood? Sometimes I am ok with that I was not diagnosed before-although I lived my life and had autistic behaviour/traits there was nothing to limit what I could do. There are some benefit though to being diagnosed like learning about the sensory I was more aware of it and how to manage it and the condition itself. 

I had behavioural issues at primary school due to sensory behaviour and it was not illegal to smack a child then and I was disciplined.

I saw a child consultant as a 15 year old in 1988 and only autism could be diagnosed then- it was DSM 3 TR and you had to be profoundly impacted to get a diagnosis and it never came up. I didn't see them very long to observe to. I had an overwhelming situations at 15 and 20. Having an eating disorder covered up some of the autism and acted as also a special interest of its own at times.

I became aware of in around 2013 and it was brought up in 2015 in hospital. I was diagnosed in 2022 eventually.I could have been in 2016, but a family member denied childhood illness etc but i got my medical records from then and applied again when a nurse said it would be a good idea to be tested. I wasn't tested in 2016. I filled in forms and then they spoke to a family member and they was given wrong information..