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05 Jul 2011, 8:46 am
When I was 12. Bittersweet day for me when I was actually told about my diagnosis 
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05 Jul 2011, 2:11 pm
I was only 10 days short of my 43rd birthday! 
So all you "youngsters" who were diagnosed in your teens or earlier were lucky! (or just more fortunate)
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05 Jul 2011, 2:54 pm
So all you "youngsters" who were diagnosed in your teens or earlier were lucky! (or just more fortunate)
I am of the opinion that it is better to be diagnosed young or old. I think if I was diagnosed in my late teens or early 20s, it would have been way too easy to use it as an excuse and give up instead of always picking myself up after I fell (and I fell many times in those years). I was just recently diagnosed at age 30.
05 Jul 2011, 5:39 pm
So all you "youngsters" who were diagnosed in your teens or earlier were lucky! (or just more fortunate)
I am of the opinion that it is better to be diagnosed young or old. I think if I was diagnosed in my late teens or early 20s, it would have been way too easy to use it as an excuse and give up instead of always picking myself up after I fell (and I fell many times in those years). I was just recently diagnosed at age 30.
Agreed bergie, if I was told straight away I would of used it as a crutch. Can't do homework? Blame it on Aspergers etc. However being diagnosed at a young age meant that my parents could understand my behaviour better. They didn't tell me though until I found all these documents on Aspergers in their room at 18 years old. They treated me like a normal kid, no special treatment
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05 Jul 2011, 5:49 pm
So all you "youngsters" who were diagnosed in your teens or earlier were lucky! (or just more fortunate)
I am of the opinion that it is better to be diagnosed young or old. I think if I was diagnosed in my late teens or early 20s, it would have been way too easy to use it as an excuse and give up instead of always picking myself up after I fell (and I fell many times in those years). I was just recently diagnosed at age 30.
Agreed bergie, if I was told straight away I would of used it as a crutch. Can't do homework? Blame it on Aspergers etc. However being diagnosed at a young age meant that my parents could understand my behaviour better. They didn't tell me though until I found all these documents on Aspergers in their room at 18 years old. They treated me like a normal kid, no special treatment
That's not using it as a crutch... a crutch is something you use to help you mitigate difficulty and perform better. It has taken on negative connotations, even though crutches themselves are a good thing.
I was raised and treated like "a normal kid" and it made childhood, teenage years, and school pretty hellish.
05 Jul 2011, 5:56 pm
18 years old
05 Jul 2011, 6:15 pm
What I meant Verdandi is that some people use Aspergers as an excuse. Having Aspergers doesn't mean that you can't socialize
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05 Jul 2011, 6:21 pm
I realized what you meant, although I think people worry entirely too much about the idea of "using [disability] as an excuse."
I don't know what "doesn't mean you can't socialize" is referring to. Socializing was never my priority.
05 Jul 2011, 6:26 pm
I realized what you meant.
I don't know what "doesn't mean you can't socialize" is referring to. Socializing was never my priority.
Good, what I mean by the socializing bit is that even though you feel awkward talking to other people doesn't mean you shouldn't stop talking to people all together. Practice makes perfect
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