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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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  • Attending Nursery School (age 4) was when I realised ...those children are not like me at all.

  • in reply to DormouseAtRest_25

    You just ‘nailed it,’ I remember the first day of Nursery School, the other children all ran outside at playtime, I stood there and couldn’t workout why they wanted to play games and the concept of it all. The nursery school was held at a village hall, there was a stage at one end with dark red velvet curtains. They were normally open and I would hide in the middle of them. Another piece of the puzzle!

  • in reply to Roy

    Yes I also felt different since ever. All kids played together and I went in circles and talked to myself or drew my beloved transportation routes in my imagined cities or generated other data that was actually useless but gave me a lot of joy. I couldn't understand why all of them are so obsessed with group gatherings, games etc.

    But the term autism didn't come to my mind until I heard it.

    My mom used ti say that I was just an outsider. I made recently kinda word hybrid out of Autism and outsider, and I got Aut-sider. That was me since ever 

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  • in reply to Roy

    Yes I also felt different since ever. All kids played together and I went in circles and talked to myself or drew my beloved transportation routes in my imagined cities or generated other data that was actually useless but gave me a lot of joy. I couldn't understand why all of them are so obsessed with group gatherings, games etc.

    But the term autism didn't come to my mind until I heard it.

    My mom used ti say that I was just an outsider. I made recently kinda word hybrid out of Autism and outsider, and I got Aut-sider. That was me since ever 

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