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This is just your newest recruit saying hi

I've actually known about this site for more than a decade, because a girl from my high school with Aspergers used to talk about this site a lot (I doubt she's still active, this was around 2005-6) and I think I might have quickly checked it out back in the day, because when I saw the alien logo it was somewhat familiar to me. I'd totally forgotten about this place then I saw the name in an article last night and came here to have a look, and after a quick scour of some of the threads I think this place might be useful.

Anyway, a bit about me - I'm 24 and only just got diagnosed with Autism a few weeks ago, although I've known for years that I probably have it, this was just an official confirmation. Yeah, when I was younger I had a lot of the issues associated with this stuff but most of that got better when I started college, because it was a new atmosphere and the people around me didn't know me as the weird kid who acted differently so I could build friendships afresh. Growing up without a diagnosis was a bit of a double-edged sword, on one hand I never had access to the support I probably could have used in the past, however on the other side of things I've grown up without thinking I have all these limits. Thankfully I seem to be quite high on the spectrum as well, I don't know if it's because I never thought of myself like this as a kid but I'm quite approachable and the majority of people wouldn't even guess I was any different unless I told them (which, needless to say, I'm very happy about)

Even though I knew I probably had autism for years I didn't get it checked because I felt like I was doing alright, it's only the last couple of years I felt like I should probably see. I figure since I'm higher up on the spectrum and grew up not really thinking of myself as any different I could probably help others on here with their problems, and obviously having finally got a diagnosis after all this time I could use some more information about it all myself.

That's more or less it anyway. Happy to be here, if you want to know any more don't hesitate to drop me a message. I'm always up to chat

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Welcome to Wrong Planet. Glad you finally checked it out after hearing about it over 10 years ago.

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Wishing you a warm welcome to our generally warm and temperate planet.

Enjoy!