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Moving on from your past/ letting go of the pain

NAS85436

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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  • Hi Sue. I was late diagnosed at 64 just after last Xmas. Yes there’s been huge abuse and problems in my past which could have been avoided had I been dx earlier but there’s been brilliance too, I’m the going-out-of-fashion high functioning autist, a widely published poet, two impressive careers where Ive worked magic with words and numbers and a massive connection with cats which I use not only with my own but at Cats Protection as a volunteer. Life is like a nutty cake, all sweetness and joy but with punctuations of hideous allergy, however I’ve done well really and will continue to do so. Not sure that helps really but maybe a small beacon of hope for some xxx

    E (she/her)

  • in reply to Alice-nice-Alice

    This is so uplifting. Do you share your poetry with others? Thank you Sue

  • in reply to NAS85436

    I do Sue, there’s five published books, two of which are still on Amazon, I’ve been in the Independent on Sunday, hundreds in magazines and won a few competitions along the way. I’m presently the writer in residence at the Fiddlers Ferry power station decommissioning creative project which will mature with a show/exhibition/performances at World of Glass in St Helens, mid 2024. It’s predominantly page poetry with a complex use of punctuation, parentheses, line/stanza breaks, capitalisation (and not), so not generally performable as in open mic and slam events. I’ve submitted one to the NAS magazine but don’t know yet whether they are going to use it, it’s about masking. 

  • in reply to NAS85436

    Thanks Sue, I too have been shocked by some of the views expressed by a minority, views which feel prejudiced and discriminatory, ironic coming from a community who are so discriminated against!

  • in reply to Alice-nice-Alice

    Absolutely understand your caution. Since the joining this community, I have been surprised by some of the views/ comments. Fingers crossed it appears in the magazine, Sue :)

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