Published on 12, July, 2020
I was diagnosed with high functioning autism a couple of months ago, although my parents knew that delayed speach and my way of doing things were different :) Since I was 15 I've been told I had schizophrenia, so I'm really pleased about the change in diagnosis, and this time I understand it.
I'm now 52, and have had many jobs, but have been unable to keep them. I just don't fit in. I trained as a teacher and I enjoy teaching kids with autism - now I wonder why I didn't see the similarities before? Never mind. I am having a good life, although I don't have any friends.
I'm looking forward to getting to recognise a few people on here. Oh by the way I'm a woman -
Looking forward to meeting other people.
M.
Welcome to the forum. Good to see someone with a teaching background who has been able to help pupils on the spectrum. The usefulness of people on the spectrum to help others on the spectrum needs to be better recognised.
Also useful to clarify that you are a woman. There are a good few women on this site with the perspectives on how it affects women and how much less effective is the diagnosis process for women. But also we've had dialogues on here that run for days before the original poster has to protest at automatically being identified as male.
As a male I cannot comment on this......