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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 was suffering workplace stress in a toxic environment in mid life, and my GP sent me to a German Counsellor, who said she thought I had AS. Turned out she was right. It was a huge shock but explained my erratic, difficult life and relationships - also, why my parents were always at odds. I was also surprised when I realized I had an intellect, because I had often been described as 'below par.' I always wanted to go to University and did eventuallly, passing MSc. age 54!

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  • I was suffering workplace stress in a toxic environment in mid life, and my GP sent me to a German Counsellor, who said she thought I had AS. Turned out she was right. It was a huge shock but explained my erratic, difficult life and relationships - also, why my parents were always at odds. I was also surprised when I realized I had an intellect, because I had often been described as 'below par.' I always wanted to go to University and did eventuallly, passing MSc. age 54!

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