When were you diagnosed with Autism/Aspergers?

Post Reply New Topic

I just fancied getting to know the people on here and really want to know when you guys were diagnosed.

I was diagnosed with Autism (along with ADHD and OCD) when I was 11. The reason I didn't get diagnosed at an earlier age is because I lived in small town where Autism wasn't generally known. I was considered just slow and misbehaved. Teachers in the school even had the cheek to question my parents ability to bring me up!

It was when I moved to Surrey that my new doctor instantly recognised that there was something wrong with me and referred me and my parents to a specialist (a few months came and went) and I was diagnosed with Autism, ADHD and OCD.

So, when were you diagnosed with Autism/Aspergers? Are you awaiting a diagnosis?

Diagnosed at age 18 here.

I was diagnosed at the age of 4 with "regular" Autism, re-diagnosed with Aspergers at the age of 13.

diagnosed at 13

Never diagnosed.

About the closest I've been to that is when someone who works with Autistic children asked me in the middle of a conversation if I had ever been diagnosed with it. I never considered the possibility before.

Even then, I thought he was joking. It wasn't until I found out about the condition known as Prosopagnosia which I have clearly suffered from since I was a kid and read that it is not uncommon to find it in many Autistic people. After that I started reading and realized that it is possible that I might be a high functioning Autist.

That said, I have no intention of see a psychiatrist to find out for sure since I don't see any advantage to it for me.

Twenty

I was 12

1994 age 49

I was diagnosed with "autism," or perhaps "infantile autism" during the early-mid 1960s.

I was diagnosed with "brain damage," and probably other things during the mid-1960s.

I was informally diagnosed with ADHD a couple of years ago.

I gained the confirmed diagnosis in Jan 2013 (was 24), but received a more up-to-date "yes, we think he's got it, but no money in West Kent PCT's pot for an official diagnosis" in Nov 2010, Feb 2011 (both from Kent), Aug 2011 (from Bexley), July 2012 (from Sussex) and Nov 2012 (from Bexley)" and the final one, which was pretty quick, from Bexley. It was quick, as different trusts had said, yes i.e. Kent, Sussex and Bexley; not forgetting that Greenwich said 'perhaps, but no money for testing' in 2008, so therefore, different Drs from different Trusts agreeing; there were also suggestions, after a bit of a kerfuffle occurred, from the Kent Police - who did their best to help expedite it - to whom I am extremely indebted and grateful. And also, as the Professor in Aug '11 that considered it, is one of the country's top Professors - quite why he was working in Eltham & Erith was beyond me - it held more weight.

interestingly, the 2008 one had 'Pervasive Developmental Disorder', not 'Autistic Spectrum Condition', with the final one [Jan 2013] being 'Autistic Spectrum Condition, most helpfully described as Asperger's Syndrome'. Ultimately, it wasn't until the Nov 2012 one having returned to Bexley, and at that stage, they had a grip of what they were required to do as per the Autism Act '09

I was diagnosed last year, when I was twenty-one.

in 2001, when i was four, with "classic" autism. apparently the person that diagnosed me was a complete jerk. my mom later took me to another place where is was said it was "impossible" i was autistic.
later it was shown i ha d'signs of aspergers".
since then my parents were always skeptical.

Hello, I'm new here. I am a female adult living with Autism and other health issues. I was diagnosed with ADHD at age 13 stuck on Ritalin (not a good idea). I suspected I had Autism in 2007. In 2008, I was diagnosed at almost age 30. I think I lean more towards Autism than Asperger's Syndrome (it's because I can talk). The Regional Center near where I live could not help me and still, there is nothing late-diagnosed individuals. I hope by posting here, I can help someone or someone can help me.

Diagnosed with autism at 18 this year (would have been Asperger's if it weren't for the change in the DSM). I probably would have been diagnosed earlier if my mom let me. I also didn't know English early in school, so my distance was expected.

I was diagnosed (at age 25) a couple of months ago. I had been suspecting, for the last few years but did not know how to go about getting a formal DX.

I was diagnosed when I was 16, during my last year of high school.