How old were you when you were diagnosed?

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I was 43. I went to a couple of psychologists as a child, but Asperger's was not a known condition when I was a child.

I was 9.

I kind of suspected i had it on first hearing the term asperger's syndrome aged 16; but like with most pyscological conditions didn't think strongly enough about it to delve deeper and look for a formal diagnosis.

Over the past year a so it has really started to cause me an element of distress so approached a clinic. My assessment date is next month and if i get a postitive diagnosis, I will be precisely, 22yrs, 2months and 22days old.

Some things just seem to be prewritten...

46.
explanation and not an excuse.

I was 18 when I was diagnosed with AS, 17 when I was diagnosed with OCD.
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20 when I found out.

I have no idea when someone actually first "diagnosed" me but it must have been 15 or so at the latest.

I was diagnosed at 10.

I was 25, that was 8½ years ago

High Functioning Autism / Asperger's at 13. False diagnosed ADHD before 5.

I was 31 it's been 6 months since my official diagnosis I am a much happier person now I understand myself better for it.

Age 20, a week ago.

I was diagnosed at the age of 9.

Seven years old.

Informally assessed for AS at 5.

Statement of special education supposedly removed and "undxed" at 11.

I'm afraid that the label will follow me around forever.
They won't remove it from my medical records.

Whenever anyone has mentioned AS to me it's never been on equal terms.
People (even professionals) used to talk down to me and say that I couldn't do things.

It's frightening: I sincerely hope that other people aren't treated this way.
When I was formally identified, some children wouldn't play with me because I was receiving help. Nobody ever explained to me what I was doing "wrong" or what I was receiving the help for. I was often confused and school was very noisy and opened planned. I had no private space at all.

All of the harassment and nonsense stopped when my statement was removed.
People didn't look at me in a negative way any more and weren't so afraid: they actually started to like and appreciate me as a capable human being , not a set of negative criteria.

Even though I still have social/adaption difficulties now that are holding me back, I don't seek formal help because I'm afraid of the way I'll be treated. People have already told me that I shouldn't stigmatise or limit my chances by labeling myself. From what I hear, there isn't much productive or positive help available for someone like me who can function at a fairly high level. I've tried most other avenues already and so far, nothing apart from denial and keeping quiet, has helped.

There's nothing wrong with me: I'm not ill, syndrome isn't the right word to describe me.

I'm me.

Diagnosed when I was 10, at some points in my life I haven't accepted it but there are some very definite differences between me and others. Plus everyone had noticed differences between me and others throughout primary school and had been to educational psychologists on and off throughout. It's just AS wasn't known about that widely until the late 90s I guess. Actually, a lot of people didn't know what it was then.

I got an official diagnosis when I was 11, but my Year 1 teacher(ages 5-6) said she thought I had it, I think. My Mum had been trying to get a diagnosis since then, anyway, and my Year 1 teacher was interested on how my speech therapy sessions were going.
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