Diagnosed yesterday

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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  • For those on this thread who mentioned about number plate spotting, I mentioned in a post above about the quiz show "Beat The Brain", and mentioned that I hoped they'd have a new series.

    I just turned on BBC2 at lunchtime today, and they are running repeats of the series from last year!  It's well worth watching if you can, it's a lot of fun, especially as those of us on the spectrum are often so adept at looking at things in different ways

    Hopefully they'll be making a new series in the summer too.

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  • For those on this thread who mentioned about number plate spotting, I mentioned in a post above about the quiz show "Beat The Brain", and mentioned that I hoped they'd have a new series.

    I just turned on BBC2 at lunchtime today, and they are running repeats of the series from last year!  It's well worth watching if you can, it's a lot of fun, especially as those of us on the spectrum are often so adept at looking at things in different ways

    Hopefully they'll be making a new series in the summer too.

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