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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 thought I was somewhat different to most people, but also thought that most people probably regarded themselves as unique. The thought of seeking help for anything that was not a physical problem never occurred to me at any time, so I only have a medical history of physical problems. I never placed my mental, sensory or behavioural problems before any clinician of any type. Essentially, I thought that everyone had problems like mine, but were just better at coping with them.

    My knowledge of autism was limited to stereotypes, the silent child in a corner not interacting with anyone, Dustin Hoffman in 'Rain man'. I was nothing like any of the generally available autistic stereotypes, so why would I entertain any notion of myself being autistic? This changed when my daughter was taking a CBT course for anxiety and her therapist suggested that she might be autistic and, from my daughter's descriptions of me, that I might be as well. A bout of manic research into adult autism traits convinced me that being autistic was the best fit for how I am and best explained my strange problems and traits. This was a hugely liberating experience for me. I subsequently sought and was given a diagnosis.

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  • I thought I was somewhat different to most people, but also thought that most people probably regarded themselves as unique. The thought of seeking help for anything that was not a physical problem never occurred to me at any time, so I only have a medical history of physical problems. I never placed my mental, sensory or behavioural problems before any clinician of any type. Essentially, I thought that everyone had problems like mine, but were just better at coping with them.

    My knowledge of autism was limited to stereotypes, the silent child in a corner not interacting with anyone, Dustin Hoffman in 'Rain man'. I was nothing like any of the generally available autistic stereotypes, so why would I entertain any notion of myself being autistic? This changed when my daughter was taking a CBT course for anxiety and her therapist suggested that she might be autistic and, from my daughter's descriptions of me, that I might be as well. A bout of manic research into adult autism traits convinced me that being autistic was the best fit for how I am and best explained my strange problems and traits. This was a hugely liberating experience for me. I subsequently sought and was given a diagnosis.

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