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Hi.

You know how all of this Autism stuff is sorta new and all that? Well, what do you do when you spend the first twenty-one years of your life knowing you are different but no one seems to do anything about it and you can't figure out what's wrong with you? Then you get told your kid brother might be Aspie and your mother looks at you and says that it sounds like you are too all matter-of-factly? Then you spend the next year or so floundering about, looking it all up and identifying yourself, without any clue what to do now that you sorta know and no one still helps you out? Well, I'll tell you what you do. You come here!

Haha.

But there are so many forums about different things and I'm kinda all screwed up about it all, kinda confused. Where should I start first? The art forum, the social skills forum, the relationship forum, the....any other forum there is to start with?

I guess I feel a little overwhelmed. *sweat drop* Any ideas would be awesome.

PS: Yeah, I know that sounds like a kid more so than an adult but I'm just more than a whole lot nervous here. And I'm not really good at forums.

I was diagnosed just before I turned 22 too, so I was in a similar position a couple of months ago.

I guess the important thing is to start where you're comfortable. Any questions you have, select the key words and put them in the search box first. A lot of questions have already been answered on here. You will also get a good feel for the forum that way, and hopefully will be less nervous about posting.

Most of the people here don't bite and are pretty accepting.

Welcome to the forums! Hope you enjoy you time here

Welcome

I very recently discovered it myself, I'm also 21. I wrote about my experience with it in my first blog post on the blog in my signature if your interested.

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Thanks, Kjas.

That's the answer to everything; start where you are most comfortable.
I like it. So, I know where I'm starting: the art forum!

I did read the first post in the blog, Psychegot.
Just that post calmed a lot of really crazy feelings I had toward myself.
I appreciate it.

Thanks for the welcome, everyone that did.

On a sidenote, I just realized the poll says 'thirteen to thirteen to sixteen'
Lol. Where was I at?

I suppose it's difficult to know your different when you only know what it's like to be you. I only started to think that I might have a completely different approach about the age of 24 ad I only really thought I might have Aspergers last year at the age of 28.

Start small and tackle problems as they come along, you've probably got a lot to learn. I know I still have.

I knew I was different in elementary school. However, when you are selectively mute and unable to express emotional pain in grades two and three, it's hard to get the point across that something is different about you to the people that matter (like parent, teachers, and other staff).