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Diagnosed as an adult

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Hi 

My name is Shaun and I recently  got diagnosed  at the age of 31 years of age. 

I not long turned 32 and had been diagnosed a few days before my birthday 

I am struggling to process it but I ve been doing some YouTube stuff to talk about my issues. I am more in shock that its taken this long to get a diagnosis   even though I was seen quite quickly  by doctors.

It's explains alot of thing over 3 decades why I am the way I am.

I was wondering if there is any support for adults I just feel like I ve been left to fend for my self with no numbers to call for just a chat 

I don't like to be around People and don't have friends and I like that  some days I just need a chat 

Has any one else been diagnosed  as an adult 

Parents

  • it seems lack of diagnosis until later on is rather common then.
    i feel most services are incompetent to not notice, but i guess alot of them dont really care, such as schools, schools could notice if they cared, but they dont care. perhaps schools need to be cut down and made smaller so that teachers can know each student and so be able to spot these things at a early stage.

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  • it seems lack of diagnosis until later on is rather common then.
    i feel most services are incompetent to not notice, but i guess alot of them dont really care, such as schools, schools could notice if they cared, but they dont care. perhaps schools need to be cut down and made smaller so that teachers can know each student and so be able to spot these things at a early stage.

Children
  • in reply to Caelus

    Hi Caelus,

    Schools (that I know) now a days, have good recognition and support for childeren, I work in catering in schools and have seen first hand (in the location im in) the support that childeren receive. There are one to one support facilities if required.

    It is my understanding that teachers are much more aware now than years ago. I can only base this on the sites I have been involved with.