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What made you realise you have/might have autism?

NAS74648

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I was just wondering what were the signs that originally made you realise you have/might have autism?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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  • As a teen a documentary came up about autism, and then my parents turned to me and said, 'hey, that's a lot like you! '

    .At least insofar that I spoke grammatical sentences at the age of 1 but by 18 months regressed, and stopped speaking. As they recounted it. I did catch up verbally, but then there were no lack of other troubles. The bullying, the social exclusion, etc. 

    As for things I did as a child these included obsessions with certain letters of the alphabets and numbers. 

    The comments my parents made at that point were hard to take it seriously, because the documentary only showed up Kanner cases of severe autism, and I certainly wasn't that. Anyway it was come Ted that spending money in these children was a waste when there were so many bright but deprived children who were not eligible for any help.

    All would have been forgotten except that after getti g away from my horrible school I was told by fellow undergraduates some were saying 'I was the strangest girl they had ever met.' Then after graduating when there was no work, all the doubts my parents had abkut me came flooding back, which only makes me more rebellious.

    It is not a massive issue now, though one of my niece's children got a diagnosis.

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  • As a teen a documentary came up about autism, and then my parents turned to me and said, 'hey, that's a lot like you! '

    .At least insofar that I spoke grammatical sentences at the age of 1 but by 18 months regressed, and stopped speaking. As they recounted it. I did catch up verbally, but then there were no lack of other troubles. The bullying, the social exclusion, etc. 

    As for things I did as a child these included obsessions with certain letters of the alphabets and numbers. 

    The comments my parents made at that point were hard to take it seriously, because the documentary only showed up Kanner cases of severe autism, and I certainly wasn't that. Anyway it was come Ted that spending money in these children was a waste when there were so many bright but deprived children who were not eligible for any help.

    All would have been forgotten except that after getti g away from my horrible school I was told by fellow undergraduates some were saying 'I was the strangest girl they had ever met.' Then after graduating when there was no work, all the doubts my parents had abkut me came flooding back, which only makes me more rebellious.

    It is not a massive issue now, though one of my niece's children got a diagnosis.

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