Published on 12, July, 2020
Quick introduction.
I’m a 51 year old female (creak) who was diagnosed just over a year ago, and who needs friends.
Maybe I’m not allowed to say that? I don’t know!!! Not sure I know anything any more...
While my diagnosis explained a lot, it also opened the doors to loads of questions. I’d masked all my life, had a “good” job, been in relationships, helped people, had a child....yet I suddenly felt I wasn’t the person I thought I was.
How do you get your head round that?
Anyway...here I am, wondering - after a lifetime of blips - if I’m even worth knowing, while realising it would make the most sense to make friends in the neurodiverse world.
Can you sense my confusion?
I hate the term “high functioning” as I believe it hides so many enormous struggles, but I have to admit I am it...or I appear to be just that.
There you have it. It’d be nice to get to know some new people, so please say hi....
x
Hi, I'm 60, so even creakier! Lol! Female and still waiting for an assessment date. I, too, have been married, had children etc etc, so suddenly realising I was probably autistic came as quite a shock. I find it whilst I was researching autism in children, before my granddaughter was diagnosed, and I ended up following links reading about how autism manifests itself in women. There were so many, "That's me!" moments! Lol!
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NAS73402
indeed ---- there is an autistic girl online who sells here trees made if wire some with fruit ( beads ) . Very well made. She has her own private website. Shes quite successful.
Hi, I'm 59 and was diagnosed in February. I have not really experienced any confusion since diagnosis. I think largely because I did so much research into autism before the assessment, that it was just a confirmation of what I already knew. I realise that I have been autistic from birth, I just didn't know until recently. I'm exactly the same person, with the same traits, difficulties and limitations, but now I know why. I now have a peg to hang my psyche on. If anything, the realisation that there is a neurological reason for many of my problems has allowed me to forgive myself for shortcomings in the past, and to be a little more lenient in the present.
Still waiting. About 4 months to go, I think. The brain won't sit in limbo until then though and I'm busy reading and looking for the self-help strategies now. Even if I come out a bit under the bar, so much of this fits, it's going to help regardless. I am diagnosed dyslexic, so not exactly NT to start with.
ok
Cos I’m a wuss
Why not post a pic?
ive created an angel with a fork out of telephone cable wires it took me hours. He is very colorful and can stand ( using the end of the fork )
You make jewellery? Cool - do you sell any?
I have tons of Lego - and my wife has all the Harry Potter Lego and the trainsets.
We're a Lego family - my head can be unclipped.
That’s not sad at all! We all have our own interests and nobody should be judged on that.
Me, I’m into wire.
Hehe....by that I mean making stuff out of it. You need earrings shaped like Lego? I’m your person
NAS73402 said:Hi! I like nerds
I'm king of the nerds - done a lot of weird stuff through my life
What are your passions and hobbies?
I'm sad enough to be into Lego and RC models - as well as being into planes, trains and automobiles. I'm a history nerd and Disney fan.
Phew, thank goodness it’s not just me. When were you diagnosed? And thanks x
I meant people who focus intensely on a subject that is not “mainstream”....so the Kardashians are out.
ok someone has told me what nerd is yes i work with full time nerds on their projects we just dont use that term we just get on with the work i am building a life size R2D2. Sorry i am in a team building the R2D2 i help out. We are currently at the skinning phase and trying to source large white sheets of various white types of plastic. This R2D2 is powered by batteries and is remote control that was the easy bit
Yes, of course you're allowed to say that and you sound well worth knowing :-) I'm 56 and going through the process now. X
define nerd if developers are nerds i work with them everyday, dozens of them
They definitely made a mistake.
No, they didn’t. They really didn’t. It’s been there all along. How crazy is that?
Hi! I like nerds
Welcome aboard - I'm a mid-50s aspie bloke - married, family, pro-nerd.
Exactly that!