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Diagnosed yesterday

Jessicaaa

Hi, Im Jess and I am 16. Just yesterday I got the results from my ASD assessment and I found out I have high-functioning Autism, which is Aspergers. I dont know how I feel; slightly relieved that it explains how I have been for the past 16 years. I feel embarrassed, as boys in my year are always making jokes about austism, and laugh at it. No one really understood how i feel, but now it all kind of makes sense. I hate change, I find social situations stressful, I obsess with car registration plates. I am nervous to go back to school in case those boys laugh at me. Does anyone have any tips on how to cope wit just being diagnosed? Or what to do about these boys? I just dont feel like I fit in anywhere, and I am scared people will no longer like me with the title "autism". I hope your day has been okx

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  • Hi Jessicaaa,

    Another number plate fan here too!  I often find that when walking along the pavement, and cars pass me on the road, that I note and retain the number, at least for a time.  As curious posted previously, this could be useful, being able to note a car number if it needed to be traced.

    I don't know if you (or anyone else on the forum) saw the quiz on BBC2 last summer called "Beat The Brain" - they had various rounds of questions, one of which was an animation of a car speeding away (or towards) the screen, showing a number plate - it was done very quickly, then disappeared from the screen.  The contestant then had to pick the right number plate on the car from a list of several others shown on screen afterwards, which varied slightly in letters or numbers.

    This was my favourite round, as I nearly always seemed to get most (if not all) right, watching the screen.  I think this might be because I tended to see the letters and numbers on the licence plates as "shapes" rather than letters, and my brain seemed to be able to pick the right ones by shape!

    "Beat The Brain" was a replacement while Eggheads was taking a summer break, and I don't know if they'll have a new series this year, but I certainly hope so.  I'd certainly recommend it, to yourself or indeed any NAS forum member - it was fun to watch!

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  • Hi Jessicaaa,

    Another number plate fan here too!  I often find that when walking along the pavement, and cars pass me on the road, that I note and retain the number, at least for a time.  As curious posted previously, this could be useful, being able to note a car number if it needed to be traced.

    I don't know if you (or anyone else on the forum) saw the quiz on BBC2 last summer called "Beat The Brain" - they had various rounds of questions, one of which was an animation of a car speeding away (or towards) the screen, showing a number plate - it was done very quickly, then disappeared from the screen.  The contestant then had to pick the right number plate on the car from a list of several others shown on screen afterwards, which varied slightly in letters or numbers.

    This was my favourite round, as I nearly always seemed to get most (if not all) right, watching the screen.  I think this might be because I tended to see the letters and numbers on the licence plates as "shapes" rather than letters, and my brain seemed to be able to pick the right ones by shape!

    "Beat The Brain" was a replacement while Eggheads was taking a summer break, and I don't know if they'll have a new series this year, but I certainly hope so.  I'd certainly recommend it, to yourself or indeed any NAS forum member - it was fun to watch!

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