how do i carry on chating

Hi C-L

Welcome to the forum, I hope you have worked out where the different things are on the website and how to use them. :-) You can go back and edit a previous post or subject line - as long as you are logged in!

Your post about your life story does sound very affected by autism - it is common for autistic people to be missed by professionals as we don't present with a standard uniform behaviour. It is also common for ASD people to be affected by depression.

One thing that stood out was the way that your test results spanned the spectrum from dummy to genius. This is a typical feature of ASD people. Typically we are terrible at the emotional perception skills but we can stand out in other areas. It is common for us to get a wide spread of results in GCSE subjects - very poor in some subjects but outstanding in others. Getting through school in one piece is also a challenge as this requires a certain amount of social skill which is often lacking.

Are you under the care of a mental health professional? If you are then you should show them the results of your test. Otherwise you may want a new referral from your GP so that you can be properly diagnosed. Your test score is significantly high enough to give a strong likelihood of autistic diagnosis.

I hope you find the forum as useful as I have found it in the year since I was diagnosed - I lived most of my life with a signiicant amount of conflict and confusion. Having a diagnosis helps me understand where I have been going wrong and also what my limits are.

Hi C-L

Welcome to the forum, I hope you have worked out where the different things are on the website and how to use them. :-) You can go back and edit a previous post or subject line - as long as you are logged in!

Your post about your life story does sound very affected by autism - it is common for autistic people to be missed by professionals as we don't present with a standard uniform behaviour. It is also common for ASD people to be affected by depression.

One thing that stood out was the way that your test results spanned the spectrum from dummy to genius. This is a typical feature of ASD people. Typically we are terrible at the emotional perception skills but we can stand out in other areas. It is common for us to get a wide spread of results in GCSE subjects - very poor in some subjects but outstanding in others. Getting through school in one piece is also a challenge as this requires a certain amount of social skill which is often lacking.

Are you under the care of a mental health professional? If you are then you should show them the results of your test. Otherwise you may want a new referral from your GP so that you can be properly diagnosed. Your test score is significantly high enough to give a strong likelihood of autistic diagnosis.

I hope you find the forum as useful as I have found it in the year since I was diagnosed - I lived most of my life with a signiicant amount of conflict and confusion. Having a diagnosis helps me understand where I have been going wrong and also what my limits are.