How Old Were You When You Were Dx'd/Self Dx'd?

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How old were you when you were dx'd, or self-dx'd as on the spectrum?

0-5 years old	8%	[ 34 ]
6-10	8%	[ 34 ]
11-16	16%	[ 68 ]
17-21	18%	[ 79 ]
22-29	21%	[ 91 ]
30-39	13%	[ 57 ]
40-49	10%	[ 43 ]
50+	6%	[ 24 ]
Not on the spectrum as far as you are aware	1%	[ 3 ]
Other	0%	[ 1 ]

Total votes : 434

clovismackintosh
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22 Jun 2010, 3:20 pm

tomboy4good wrote:

45ish. That was after my daughter was DXd. It only made too much sense.

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Same here, roughly:- it was just before or after my 46th b/day

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29 Jun 2010, 2:25 am

clovismackintosh wrote:

tomboy4good wrote:

45ish. That was after my daughter was DXd. It only made too much sense.

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Same here, roughly:- it was just before or after my 46th b/day

Same except it is my son with me. Through his journey of diagnosis, things cropped up which cleared up much of my own life. It now makes sense to me too.

It was a process which occurred between age 42 & 44 for me.

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19 Jul 2010, 6:03 pm

I was diagnosed when I was 6 or 7, I think.

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19 Jul 2010, 8:52 pm

I was professionally diagnosed when I was ten years old.

poppyfields
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24 Jul 2010, 4:23 pm

I was formally diagnosed on thursday, a month after my 22nd birthday.

FarqyTheIndolent
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26 Nov 2010, 7:20 pm

6-10. 7, to be precise.

Smike
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26 Nov 2010, 7:21 pm

one-A-N
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02 Dec 2010, 5:27 am

Self-diagnosed either last year, or early this year, in my mid-50s. Confirmed today after a formal assessment and followup (I have just changed my diagnostic status today on WP, after I came back from the session with my psychologist). I had thought for years that there was something genetically different about my brain ... never realised that it might be Asperger's until I did the AQ Test by chance, and was surprised to find that I scored rather high. I have had sensory sensitivity for years, but thought it was some private weirdness unique to me - I had never heard of anyone else having it until a year ago.

DeathByFridge
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30 Dec 2010, 4:37 pm

either 15 or 16

jamesongerbil
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03 Jan 2011, 5:43 pm

I like the normal curve.

Erisad
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03 Jan 2011, 5:46 pm

I was 16. I wrote a story about it on my WP blog.

milli
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03 Jan 2011, 5:54 pm

Professional Diagnosis Aspergers: 20
Professional Diagnosis ADHD: 12

My parents suspected AS from I was 10-11, since they first heard about the diagnosis.

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07 Jan 2011, 2:17 pm

I was 4 when diagnosed with "regular" autism.

I was 13 when diagnosed with AS.

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10 Jan 2011, 11:07 am

DX'd at 10, I was severly effected from about 4 onwards and surprised nobody noticed... I never made eye contact, had no idea how to talk to people, got bullied (alot).

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15 Jan 2011, 2:13 pm

Officially diagnosed at 26.

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04 Feb 2011, 7:20 pm

I was officially diagnosed at the age of 29 though, it was suspected I was autistic since the age of 3...

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