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Hello. Are there any people here who were born in the 70s and 80s, always different, now diagnosed with high-functioning autism? Like me?

AnnMarilena

I'm almost 50 years old, and I've always felt I was different. Even in preschool, at the age of three, I felt it clearly. But it wasn't a problem for me. I functioned very well. I asked my mother why the children at preschool were different from me. She didn't understand my questions. So I decided she was different too. As if it were natural that most people are different from me, although I don't know why. But I never wanted to be like those others, even at three or four years old. In a sense, I felt they were a separate species, even though they looked the same. To simplify a bit – like a dog and a cat. Both species, in a simplified description, have the same physical characteristics: fur, four legs, a tail, ears... But they're different species. And that's normal. That's how I felt in preschool. After that, it was different.

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  • I am 53 and was born in March 1973 and autism came out in 1980 and Aspergers in 1993/1994. I had left school by the time aspergers came out. I left school in 1991.

    I left a primary school at 8.5 where I had behavioural issues and some issues where linked to sensory sensitivity. That was is in 1981. I went into a new school with a different regime, but struggled to adjust and I had issues with my school work, although I was good at writing but had issues with grammar. I don't know where my communication would have made me be diagnosed as either condition before 2013 when the DSM 5 came out.

    In my early childhood, I was more of a tomboy, but I did like some typical girl things. I didn’t though like very much female company as I preferred to play with the boys and I found my sister too emotional for me so may be this was a bit different. I was a headstrong child and quite fearless at times. I was probably level 2 or higher even in some areas.

    You can learn to adapt and I was diagnosed as an adult with some level 1 and level 2 ‘s.

    I am  quite introverted, but I am still headstrong but my story reads different from many here who describe themselves as shy as a girl when growing up.

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  • I am 53 and was born in March 1973 and autism came out in 1980 and Aspergers in 1993/1994. I had left school by the time aspergers came out. I left school in 1991.

    I left a primary school at 8.5 where I had behavioural issues and some issues where linked to sensory sensitivity. That was is in 1981. I went into a new school with a different regime, but struggled to adjust and I had issues with my school work, although I was good at writing but had issues with grammar. I don't know where my communication would have made me be diagnosed as either condition before 2013 when the DSM 5 came out.

    In my early childhood, I was more of a tomboy, but I did like some typical girl things. I didn’t though like very much female company as I preferred to play with the boys and I found my sister too emotional for me so may be this was a bit different. I was a headstrong child and quite fearless at times. I was probably level 2 or higher even in some areas.

    You can learn to adapt and I was diagnosed as an adult with some level 1 and level 2 ‘s.

    I am  quite introverted, but I am still headstrong but my story reads different from many here who describe themselves as shy as a girl when growing up.

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