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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 realised when I was watching my youngest son struggle the same as I did at his age. I fought a long battle to eventually get a diagnosis and in turn made a nuisance of myself regarding school matters. He now has reasonable adjustments and support when he needs it and is transitioning to secondary school this year. This made me realise that I could perhaps have some adjustments, boundaries and to stop telling myself I didn’t matter. I also thought it would be useful for my son to not feel alone and like he is the only one with struggles. I got my diagnosis last year age 51 and may soon persue an assessment for adhd. 
    Honestly speaking I never realised until later on as until my son was diagnosed I was unsure what autism looked like. Looking back with more knowledge I always felt different but I thought everyone perhaps felt the same as I did. 

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  • I realised when I was watching my youngest son struggle the same as I did at his age. I fought a long battle to eventually get a diagnosis and in turn made a nuisance of myself regarding school matters. He now has reasonable adjustments and support when he needs it and is transitioning to secondary school this year. This made me realise that I could perhaps have some adjustments, boundaries and to stop telling myself I didn’t matter. I also thought it would be useful for my son to not feel alone and like he is the only one with struggles. I got my diagnosis last year age 51 and may soon persue an assessment for adhd. 
    Honestly speaking I never realised until later on as until my son was diagnosed I was unsure what autism looked like. Looking back with more knowledge I always felt different but I thought everyone perhaps felt the same as I did. 

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