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What made you realise you have/might have autism?

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Hey all, hope this is okay to post.

I’ve recently started to realise I may have autism - I originally thought it was ADHD but when I started looking at the crossover I realise that autism might be playing a role too!

I was just wondering what were the signs that originally made you realise you have/might have autism? Especially if you were diagnosed as an adult rather than as a child.

And a follow on question - looking back what did you do as a child that was likely due to autism? I want to get tested but seeing other peoples experiences I’m worried about the process - my memory is so rubbish I’m worried they’ll think I’m just wasting their time.

Thanks in advance! Yum

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  • We had homework when I was 13/14 to research facts about autism (it related to a film we were analysing) and I sort of related to it but thought I was too 'normal'. Then when I was 16 someone asked me if I was diagnosed, because I was so nervous to meet them that I was acting very awkward and weird.

    One of the most aspie things I did as a 5 year old kid was to tip all of the chinese fortune telling sticks onto the floor, use them to work out what the chinese numbers were, write a number table in my notebook, and not tell anyone until I had memorised it.

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  • We had homework when I was 13/14 to research facts about autism (it related to a film we were analysing) and I sort of related to it but thought I was too 'normal'. Then when I was 16 someone asked me if I was diagnosed, because I was so nervous to meet them that I was acting very awkward and weird.

    One of the most aspie things I did as a 5 year old kid was to tip all of the chinese fortune telling sticks onto the floor, use them to work out what the chinese numbers were, write a number table in my notebook, and not tell anyone until I had memorised it.

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