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When did / What made you realise?

AutisticBeaut2025

Firstly, I would like to thank you all for your help with my autism research as you have been a big part of my autism journey that I’ve been on since I’ve fallen out with my best friend and you have also made me see realise that the NeuroDiversity World is beautiful as well as complicated but I have loved every second of it.

In the meantime, I have one last challenging question for you, which is when did you realise that you were autistic and what made you go for an assessment?  If you can’t remember exactly then that’s fine but if you know roughly then that would be great.

Im just curious and intrigued

Time to get your thinking caps on!!xx

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  • I blame Chris Packham! It was watching Inside Our Autistic Minds that made me begin to think I might be autistic/aspie. Since then, autism has become something of a special interest, and I have come to identify as autistic.

    As for going for an assessment, I am now currently in the midst of assessment (with an interview on Thursday to flesh out my developmental history and then the ADOS probably by the end of the month. I was originally reluctant to go down this route, but changed my mind after realizing that as I get older (currently 71) having official recognition (I refuse to think of it as a diagnosis) will be helpful for my increasing interactions with the NHS and social services.

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  • I blame Chris Packham! It was watching Inside Our Autistic Minds that made me begin to think I might be autistic/aspie. Since then, autism has become something of a special interest, and I have come to identify as autistic.

    As for going for an assessment, I am now currently in the midst of assessment (with an interview on Thursday to flesh out my developmental history and then the ADOS probably by the end of the month. I was originally reluctant to go down this route, but changed my mind after realizing that as I get older (currently 71) having official recognition (I refuse to think of it as a diagnosis) will be helpful for my increasing interactions with the NHS and social services.

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