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What was the straw that broke the camels back?

Autismman

Hey, I wanted to know peoples personal stories of their Autism emerging and what caused the sudden on set of the autism awareness within yourselves? I think I split when my mum died and I found her, I couldn’t cope with that and I’ve tried to burry it impossibly. 

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  • My daughter was diagnosed. After her assessment, the therapist debriefed with me explaining their outcome, and she mentioned that there could be a genetic link. This immediately led me to think that the link was me, since it made the most sense. At the time though, I still wasn't exactly sure what autism was other than the typical stereotypes fed to me, but my daughter wasn't anything like that, which confused me a lot. When I researched more for her benefit, I just ended up finding possibilities for myself instead and got sucked into a hole.

    I have to admit, at first these discoveries didn't make me happy for me or my daughter. I was worried a lot for her future and how I could have wasted so much of my life thinking I could just learn to be better at social interaction - instead it just seemed like I was given the answer that it was always meant to be impossible. I've changed my attitude a lot now - my daughter seems to be thriving at being herself more, and I understand my place in the world now, more completely than I've ever felt actually.

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  • My daughter was diagnosed. After her assessment, the therapist debriefed with me explaining their outcome, and she mentioned that there could be a genetic link. This immediately led me to think that the link was me, since it made the most sense. At the time though, I still wasn't exactly sure what autism was other than the typical stereotypes fed to me, but my daughter wasn't anything like that, which confused me a lot. When I researched more for her benefit, I just ended up finding possibilities for myself instead and got sucked into a hole.

    I have to admit, at first these discoveries didn't make me happy for me or my daughter. I was worried a lot for her future and how I could have wasted so much of my life thinking I could just learn to be better at social interaction - instead it just seemed like I was given the answer that it was always meant to be impossible. I've changed my attitude a lot now - my daughter seems to be thriving at being herself more, and I understand my place in the world now, more completely than I've ever felt actually.

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