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I am 63 and undiagnosed for Asperger’s. I started researching the topic last year after receiving a very high score on the systemizing quotient test I took for a genetic research study. I received a score 28 points higher then the average person with Asperger’s or High Functioning autism. I realize this was not a diagnosis but I set out to find out what it meant.

I find I have many traits in common with persons diagnosed with Asperger’s. I meet all of the criteria in some aspect for Asperger’s or High Functioning Autism. I have taken a number on online tests that reinforce the idea.

I am reading The Complete Guide to Aspergers Syndrome by Tony Attwood, I can see the signs have been there since childhood just nobody saw them. Viewed through this perspective my life makes sense.

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Hi,

thanks for the reference to Tony Attwood's book.

I think I understand your situation. I began exploring when I retired and my work no longer gave me a way to avoid recognizing how "unique" my life and personality actually are. Fortunately, my career was in a field where my quirkiness was not so obvious. Now I spend most of my time in the larger world and I have started to really feel it. All the online tests and my readings point to Aspergers/Autism but, as you say, that is not a diagnosis.

I don't expect this to get easier with age so I am a bit concerned what to make of it all.

By the way I am 66.