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Hello to my ASD

AdscendoDreamer

Hello - I guess I'm writing this assuming there are already 1000s of these so assuming I am wasting peoples time even bothering with this.

After five months of therapy I am coming to terms with my AUDHD. 

Having spent the first 50 years of my life convincing myself and others 'I don't like people' and mis-reading or not even noticing the signs in my body and mind.

Having people 'joke' that I was 'on the spectrum' and brushing it off. 

Over the last nearly half a year going through some of the lowest points, but working on understanding how I work and seeing the difference.

This feels a mess of a post, but hello.

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  • Hello - people are definitely welcome here with, or without, an Autism diagnosis.  Welcome.

    Nobody giving us here the privilege of us getting to know new forum members is wasting anyone's time.  Glad you have joined in the conversations.

    Plenty of 50+ age group people are here too.  Indeed, there is a name "Latelings" adopted by many of us here - who have also realised, later in adult life, that Autism is part of our life experience.

    The main website has lots of guidance information (you will see many of us making link reference to those pages as appropriate).

    I am sorry you have found the last 6 months difficult.  Many of us find absorbing and adapting to our Autism identification / diagnosis is a demanding time.  The below link provides further resources on that topic:

    https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/diagnosis/after-diagnosis

    "Trial an error" is the name of the game - as we (iteratively) trial new strategies / techniques / accommodations / reasonable adjustments in support of our understanding of ourselves and the environments we need to navigate.

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  • Hello - people are definitely welcome here with, or without, an Autism diagnosis.  Welcome.

    Nobody giving us here the privilege of us getting to know new forum members is wasting anyone's time.  Glad you have joined in the conversations.

    Plenty of 50+ age group people are here too.  Indeed, there is a name "Latelings" adopted by many of us here - who have also realised, later in adult life, that Autism is part of our life experience.

    The main website has lots of guidance information (you will see many of us making link reference to those pages as appropriate).

    I am sorry you have found the last 6 months difficult.  Many of us find absorbing and adapting to our Autism identification / diagnosis is a demanding time.  The below link provides further resources on that topic:

    https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/diagnosis/after-diagnosis

    "Trial an error" is the name of the game - as we (iteratively) trial new strategies / techniques / accommodations / reasonable adjustments in support of our understanding of ourselves and the environments we need to navigate.

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