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for those who have autism, how did you guys know you were autistic
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Anonymous 2w

Mom got me diagnosed young i was lucky bc its a bad case

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Anonymous 2w

I was doing research cause I’ve always been a little different, struggled to socialize, anxiety in a lot of social situations, completely inexperienced when it comes to deep emotional talk and dating, thought I maybe was for a while. Watched a video that was like “55 signs your an adult with undiagnosed high functioning autism” about all these little habits and I resonated with at least 47/55 of them, talked to friends about it all and they agreed and that was the moment I really realized

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Anonymous 2w

Ive always been a little different. Never fit it with everyone. I took the tests on Embrace Autism and they said it was highly likely (the tests are free). After that I watched a bunch of videos of people who were late diagnosed (like me). Then I went through the evaluation process and they confirmed me being autistic. I was diagnosed last year. You can DM me with any questions and Ill be happy to answer.

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Anonymous 2w

diagnosed at 5, rediagnosed at 18

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Anonymous 2w

Could understand people or socialize

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Anonymous 2w

I got diagnosed with ocd as child. As teen and adult a lot people believed I was autistic. I got tested later on and it was true.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 2w

Yep

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

I see your comment, do you recommend going to get an official diagnosis? That’s the only step I haven’t taken, I worry how it could affect my career as an engineer, also still live at home and probably won’t in a year but both parents refuse the idea anytime I’ve jokingly brought it up as if I wasn’t a nightmare obnoxious child for them in my very young years

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