Do you think it is wrong for someone to say they are autistic when they aren't diagnosed?

In around 2012 I was thinking why I have the difficulties that I had. I looked at my behaviour and ended searching highly sensitive person and found a test. From there it seemed the search on this lead to autism. I have been treated for an eating disorder earlier and some autistic symptoms noted. I went into hospital in 2015 and the consultant as they were a teaching hospital and did autism to they tested me with ADOS and spoke to my dad. They then started treating as having autistic traits but said I still to get diagnosed. This could have been done in 2016 but I never went to testing stage. They spoke to my mum and asked her if I had been ill in childhood and she said no and it went no further. They still treated as having autistic traits and I did another test by a consultant in 2017 and scored highly.

In hospital in 2021 under observation a nurse wrote in my discharge summary I should be tested. I didn't want to leave it like that so when discharged spoke to my GP and set up the referral. I got my notes and found I was actually admitted to hospital at 2 months and was a frequent visitor to an infant. This was what was missing for me before. I submitted the evidence with others and went for the test and was diagnosed by the NHS  coming up to four years ago. 

I would have left just being treated as traits and seeing myself as this if not for what the nurse wrote on my discharge summary. I think it is fine if others want to live by having traits. How has it helped. I was in hospital in 2023 and it helped get my own room because of the diagnosis. It helped me to but it got quite difficult when I started to think over stuff that never applied. I was ok and then my report in more detail later and surprised I had more level 2 than I thought as I never read the report properly at first. I started thinking does that mean I will struggle to live alone. This is not so and I am comfortable with the diagnosis now.

In around 2012 I was thinking why I have the difficulties that I had. I looked at my behaviour and ended searching highly sensitive person and found a test. From there it seemed the search on this lead to autism. I have been treated for an eating disorder earlier and some autistic symptoms noted. I went into hospital in 2015 and the consultant as they were a teaching hospital and did autism to they tested me with ADOS and spoke to my dad. They then started treating as having autistic traits but said I still to get diagnosed. This could have been done in 2016 but I never went to testing stage. They spoke to my mum and asked her if I had been ill in childhood and she said no and it went no further. They still treated as having autistic traits and I did another test by a consultant in 2017 and scored highly.

In hospital in 2021 under observation a nurse wrote in my discharge summary I should be tested. I didn't want to leave it like that so when discharged spoke to my GP and set up the referral. I got my notes and found I was actually admitted to hospital at 2 months and was a frequent visitor to an infant. This was what was missing for me before. I submitted the evidence with others and went for the test and was diagnosed by the NHS  coming up to four years ago. 

I would have left just being treated as traits and seeing myself as this if not for what the nurse wrote on my discharge summary. I think it is fine if others want to live by having traits. How has it helped. I was in hospital in 2023 and it helped get my own room because of the diagnosis. It helped me to but it got quite difficult when I started to think over stuff that never applied. I was ok and then my report in more detail later and surprised I had more level 2 than I thought as I never read the report properly at first. I started thinking does that mean I will struggle to live alone. This is not so and I am comfortable with the diagnosis now.