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silky
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15 May 2014, 11:21 am

Hi. Everyone. I think this is my first post.

My parents are no longer living. I'm the age where anyone who knew me as a child and is still living would have also been a small child at the time.

Does that mean it is impossible for me to get a diagnosis?

If it matters, I'm in the USA



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15 May 2014, 7:52 pm

Not really an answer but I never got a straight answer to that question. What I gather is that it is possible in rare circumstances but costs a lot more time and money. These "experts" never seem to realize my parents might go into massive denial about my issues for self-preservation and their testimony is even less reliable than my memories especially since I remember almost everything.



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16 May 2014, 4:44 am

Welcome to the board.

My specialist with 30 years experience used a structured phone interview with my younger sister, tests and observation to diagnose me .

Diagnosing autism spectrum disorders in elderly people
http://www.rescuepost.com/files/diagnos ... e-2010.pdf


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