AJisHere wrote:
zkydz wrote:
I can see how things would be different being diagnosed early in life would make a difference. What you say makes sense.
I can only begin to imagine what it would have been like to grow up without that knowledge, let alone live decades without it. I've never actually experienced
not being aware that I have Asperger's. My understanding of it changed, but the awareness was there as soon as I was able to grasp the concept.
Well, I can tell you that for the last 10 years I have been trying to figure why things keep happening. When you are not aware of what is really happening, or how you are 'happening' in front of people really makes things difficult. The patterns of failure over 40 years of working and more than that just existing do become clear.
Here is an example of one of the things I have cycled through trying to get through:
At one time I thought I had some sort of aphasia. Link to definition:
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/Aphasia/I was aware that I was having trouble communicating. I was wondering if I was not speaking clearly or using wrong words.
You grow up being called snob and jerk and always being pulled into the principals office because 'you should know better.'
There were many things that ruled it out immediately. But, you search and search and search to figure why things are the way they are.
You wind up treating symptoms instead of the root cause.
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Diagnosed April 14, 2016
ASD Level 1 without intellectual impairments.
RAADS-R -- 213.3
FQ -- 18.7
EQ -- 13
Aspie Quiz -- 186 out of 200
AQ: 42
AQ-10: 8.8