How old were you when you were diagnosed?

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When were you diagnosed with Asperger's/Autism/PDD-NOS?

Before 3	3%	[ 5 ]
3-6	4%	[ 7 ]
7-11	11%	[ 19 ]
12-16	15%	[ 25 ]
17-20	15%	[ 25 ]
21 and up	34%	[ 58 ]
I am undiagnosed	18%	[ 31 ]
I am NT	1%	[ 2 ]

Total votes : 172

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09 Mar 2008, 8:07 am

SDFarsight wrote:

About 10. I can still remember that they used a one-way mirror to observe me...the cowards. But god knows how I even knew it was a one-way mirror. Maybe I just realised it when I got older and looked back. :roll:

A friend of mine who is studying psychology said that using a one-way mirror is all part of the process and is simply a way to observe them without making them feel self-conscious. But I still found it quite insulting.

I was diagnosed with HFA at the age of five. They've also used that one-way mirror, to observe me. I feel that I AS instead of HFA, though. I've thought of getting tested, but it would cost too much money.

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09 Mar 2008, 11:12 am

11.

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09 Mar 2008, 11:37 am

SDFarsight wrote:

LMAO they truly fear u..for me they whatchet one on one :lol:

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09 Mar 2008, 12:22 pm

I was fifteen when the school psychologist told me I didn't have it because I didn't hate people, and sixteen when the autism specialist told me that the school psychologist was an idiot.

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09 Mar 2008, 12:32 pm

I was diagnosised with severe Autism at 18 months. Because of the early intervention and a lot of hard work, I've been rediagnosised with Aspergers.

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09 Mar 2008, 1:32 pm

It was before kindergarten.

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09 Mar 2008, 2:38 pm

I was 10 years old but i wasnt told i had it until i was almost 12 years old!! !! !! !
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09 Mar 2008, 5:26 pm

angelgirl1224 wrote:

I was 10 years old but i wasnt told i had it until i was almost 12 years old!! !! !! !
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I wasn't told until I asked why I went to therapy with all these "weird" kids when I was so normal (so I thought

), which was around 7 year olds.

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09 Mar 2008, 5:48 pm

I was fourteen when I was diagnosed with AS and eighteen when I was re-diagnosed with NVLD.

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09 Mar 2008, 6:19 pm

Close enough to 32.

And if the work of Asperger had been in the place of Kanner, I am certain it would have been a lot sooner.

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09 Mar 2008, 6:46 pm

TLPG wrote:

Close enough to 32.

And if the work of Asperger had been in the place of Kanner, I am certain it would have been a lot sooner.

Yeah, I kinda wish they could have switched locations and Kanner could have been the obscure one.

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09 Mar 2008, 11:17 pm

At 15 years of age, for me.

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10 Mar 2008, 3:56 am

I was seven.

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10 Mar 2008, 6:09 am

Seventeen.

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10 Mar 2008, 5:07 pm

I was diagnosed with HFA at 17. Right now I'm more Aspergers than HFA.

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11 Mar 2008, 8:07 am

I was diagnosed with "autistic features" at around age three, or just before that. I don't remember being diagnosed, so I'm not certain as to exactly when people became suspicious and the diagnosis was made.

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