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Diagnosed Yesterday

Telstar

I got my diagnosis yesterday, of Autism Spectrum Disorder (Asperger Syndrome).  It's come as a great relief to me, because it helps explain the difficulties I've had over the years.  I explained to the psychologist that getting the diagnosis was like a line of building blocks with gaps along it, and those gaps suddenly being filled with other blocks to make a complete line.

Having the diagnosis now makes me feel I really belong here, although I've been posting occasionally since I was referred for assessment back in June 2015.

I'm one of those people who have got a diagnosis later in life (I'm 57), but so glad I have, as I can hopefully learn how to cope with the difficulties, and celebrate the positives!

Thank you for making me feel so welcome, and I hope to be able to participate more in the forum in the future.

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  • Hi Telstar.

    It took me some time to come to terms with my diagnosis.  Not that I thought it changed anything but because I kept thinking on what might have been had I got my diagnosis years earlier.

    I have found everyone I have told very supportive, but the main thing is that I now feel I can be myself without having to worry about not fitting in.  I have stated before in other posts that when left to myself there is not and never has been a problem to me with my autism.  I may have strange ways of expressing myself, i might make movements which seem odd to others at times, I may be abrupt and not very sociable, tut thase are not a problem to me if I was left alone.  The problem is caused by others making judgement on what I do, trying to fit me into their way of thinking and their way of doing things.  And that is a world which I have never and will never fit.

    I believe the world is big enough for eveyone's characteristics, thoughts and ways of doing things (provided of course they do not harm other people).  But NTs seem to have this inbuilt resistance to difference and want to control others.  And that is the biggest problem with my being autistic - I do not take well to being controlled by others especially if I can see problems with what they are trying to do.

    It might be a strange thing to say but I actually enjoy being autistic.  And I would certainly not want to take some pill or have some operation or go to some therapy which would take what I consider to be an essential part of me away.

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  • Hi Telstar.

    It took me some time to come to terms with my diagnosis.  Not that I thought it changed anything but because I kept thinking on what might have been had I got my diagnosis years earlier.

    I have found everyone I have told very supportive, but the main thing is that I now feel I can be myself without having to worry about not fitting in.  I have stated before in other posts that when left to myself there is not and never has been a problem to me with my autism.  I may have strange ways of expressing myself, i might make movements which seem odd to others at times, I may be abrupt and not very sociable, tut thase are not a problem to me if I was left alone.  The problem is caused by others making judgement on what I do, trying to fit me into their way of thinking and their way of doing things.  And that is a world which I have never and will never fit.

    I believe the world is big enough for eveyone's characteristics, thoughts and ways of doing things (provided of course they do not harm other people).  But NTs seem to have this inbuilt resistance to difference and want to control others.  And that is the biggest problem with my being autistic - I do not take well to being controlled by others especially if I can see problems with what they are trying to do.

    It might be a strange thing to say but I actually enjoy being autistic.  And I would certainly not want to take some pill or have some operation or go to some therapy which would take what I consider to be an essential part of me away.

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