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Is there any benefit to getting assessed in your thirty's??

siva

Hi everybody,

When I was about 17/18 my lecturer at college told me that he thought that I may have AS as he seen me displaying some of the symptoms, and said that he could get someone from the college to meet with me and make a diagnosis.

I didn't think that anything was wrong; I've always been happy doing my own thing.

When I got home I told my mother what my lecturer had said and she wasn't surprised. She told me that my school teachers had brought it up, but they didn't see it as an issue.

I never had the meeting as I felt that nothing positive could come of it - to get labelled as someone with AS. I have read into AS and relate to the symptoms, but how good is a self diagnosis?

Now, at 32, I have never had a diagnosis but feel as though I am doing ok.

Still weighing up the pros and cons, has anyone found any benefit in getting a diagnosis this late on?

Siva

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  • Hi, I am going for assessment at a similar age to you, as I still struggle with various aspects of my life... I haven't got a diagnosis yet though.  I think it depends, if you struggle with any part of your life and feel that you need any sort of support then it may be worth going for assessment. If it doesn't affect you much then it depends whether or not you need closure on the possibility either way.  I found it helpful to keep a diary of my struggles and was able to relate most things back to (what I feel to be) being on the autistic spectrum.

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  • Hi, I am going for assessment at a similar age to you, as I still struggle with various aspects of my life... I haven't got a diagnosis yet though.  I think it depends, if you struggle with any part of your life and feel that you need any sort of support then it may be worth going for assessment. If it doesn't affect you much then it depends whether or not you need closure on the possibility either way.  I found it helpful to keep a diary of my struggles and was able to relate most things back to (what I feel to be) being on the autistic spectrum.

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