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How Old Were You When You Were Diagnosed?

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What Age Did You Find You Had Asperges/Autism?
I don't have Asperges or Autism. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I have not been assessed yet/Waiting assessment. 9%  9%  [ 5 ]
I don't know if I have autism /asperges or not and not going to be assessed. 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
0-4. 7%  7%  [ 4 ]
5-9. 7%  7%  [ 4 ]
10-19. 15%  15%  [ 8 ]
20-29. 9%  9%  [ 5 ]
30-39. 9%  9%  [ 5 ]
40-49. 20%  20%  [ 11 ]
50-59. 13%  13%  [ 7 ]
60-69. 5%  5%  [ 3 ]
70-79. 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
80-89. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
90-99. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Over 100! 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
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28 Jun 2019, 10:16 pm

58 I had been wondering about it for a few years, frens spotted it.



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28 Jun 2019, 10:28 pm

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Was trying to get school accommodation for learning difference

UCSD would not take letters from its own psychologist or Kaiser

Had to go private practice

Regional center only provides service for clients diagnosed before 18


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28 Jun 2019, 10:49 pm

I was 57 when I got a big mental hospital to give me a written Dx. Before that, I figured it out for myself when a friend referred me to WP.



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29 Jun 2019, 12:48 am

I was diagnosed with HFA at the age of 5.


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29 Jun 2019, 2:36 am

Alexanderplatz wrote:
58 I had been wondering about it for a few years, frens spotted it.


You had friends? 8O
Lucky bastardo. :mrgreen:



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29 Jun 2019, 2:42 am

Fern wrote:
I was 12 when a psychologist first suggested it as a possibility (I didn't understand at the time what that meant), but my parents couldn't front the money for an official autism evaluation. It was the 90s though, so they sent me home with a much more affordable ADHD diagnosis and a bottle of ritalin instead (kind of joking, but this did happen).


Many on the spectrum have co-morbid conditions such as ADHD, ADD as you probably know.
Next time I go to my doctor I'll ask him about a referral to a specialist to help with my ADD.
I might give Ritalin a go and see if there are any improvements in regards to my executive functioning problems.