Hi everyone :)
I'm a 42 year old female senior computer programmer who is currently only informally diagnosed by my therapist - I've been referred by my GP but I gather it's a loooooooong wait for assessment if you're an adult. In the meantime my work are being great and so are my family and friends, and as I have therapy anyway we're already working on some of the issues I have.
I won't list all the Aspergers pointers that I have, but I scored over 40 on the AQ Test. I have fewer problems now than I did, say, 10 years ago, thanks to being high functioning and self aware. I've always referred to myself as a chameleon as I've always tried to blend in but until recently I never quite managed it. In fact even now I feel slightly apart. If you read the checklist at the back of Rudy Simone's "Aspergirls" book, it pretty much describes me.
I'm seeking diagnosis partly because I'll always doubt it otherwise, even though my therapist is quite experienced. But it would mean having protecting in the workplace - I'm fairly sure my Aspergers got me fired a while back. And it means I can ask for help with some of the things I find really hard. It also means I might be able to go back to University as I could get help studying - vague questions and lack of structure were the bane of my University life....
