Hello there, My name is Marc. I am a UK-Based Nurse, recently diagnosed with ASD (Asperger's under old classification). I have known that I was slightly different most of my life, only started reading about Autism at the start of 2015 really and felt that it sounded exactly like me. I would say I was only self-diagnosed for the last six months when I felt this was definitely what I had and had my assessments at the end of October after a 18-month wait and was formally diagnosed with ASD.
Im fairly contented with my diagnosis because as I say I had self-diagnosed previously so had time to come to terms with it so when they said yes it was ASD it wasn't too much of a shock. I will say Im still coming to terms with certain aspects like occasionally I will sit and think "wow this is massive". I think I have done fairly well for myself in life, I was told that I would never reach university and would probably need a lot of care but so far have been to university twice and going back in April to do another course. I live an independent life, I live about an hour from my parents and cope fairly well.
I think what made me consider ASD in the first place was my lack of social interaction, I go to work, come home and stay at home. I also have really terrible eye-contact with people I don't know, gets slightly better as I feel more comfortable with people. My life is also dictated by routines that I find difficult to break, I get stressed and agitated if my routine goes off track. Anyway this is me, as I say Im fairly contented with my diagnosis and I don't think it limits me that much even though people are concerned about my need to isolate myself but it doesn't bother me that much.
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Your neurodiverse (Aspie) score: 162 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 37 of 200
AQ Score 45/50
Diagnosed ASD November 2016
10 Nov 2016, 5:02 am
