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Moving on from your past/ letting go of the pain

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Hello, I am a new voice to the community. I have been reading through all the tragic stories from people who have been late-diagnosed. Their experiences have clearly left some very deep wounds which still remain unhealed; others seem to have found a way of moving on from their past. 

I would be really interested to hear about how people have discovered their way through it all. I am a parent of a late diagnosed daughter (with some Autistic traits myself). There are many celebrity stories out there of success despite their neurodiversity, but I think that peer experiences are so much more powerful and meaningful. Anyone in a position to shine some beacons of hope? 

Sue 

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  • I was diagnosed about 7 months after I took early retirement. I went through my childhood, adolescence and entire working life having no idea I was autistic. I was hugely relieved at my diagnosis, as it meant that I had a reason for so many of the problems and limitations I have had. I could also forgive myself for past 'failures'. I was not a rather poorly functioning, in some areas, allistic person, but a remarkably successful autistic person, operating in a society that was badly designed for my needs. I worked for most of my career in biomedical research, I have a molecular biology PhD and I helped, in a small way, in overcoming drug resistance and drug design in a disease that kills over half a million people (mostly children) each year..

  • in reply to Martin

    Martin, this is a very impressive repertoire of achievements. You are probably aware that the sciences and research are potentially areas where people with Autism flourish. Thank you for sharing, Sue

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