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I was confused when I found out because of the way I found out. My best friends mum knew before me because when ever i went over to sombodys house my mum would let my friends mum know that i have ASD. My best friends mum did not know that i did not know i had ASD so she started talking about it for a second and i had no idea what she was talking about.

When my mum explained it to me i was confused and worried which is quite normal. I thought too at the start that there was something wrong with me and that i was different. But after i found that nobody could tell i had ASD that was good but i still felt there was something wrong with me until i found out lots of people had ASD and some people who are famous have it too.

So i started to think that maybe it was good that i have ASD and that it makes me unique. Of course sometimes i still wish i did not have it and i wasn't normal like everyone else and i was in deniel too but now i am starting to except who i am even though there are lots of troubles i have with ASD but everyone has troubles.

I was diagnosed when I was 8, I didn't react in any way, probably because I didn't really know what autism was, and didn't care.

I haven't been diagnosed (self-diagnosed plus the one person I talk to seems to strongly think that ) although I would like to, but I'm far too anxious to tell my parents (anxious about the proceedings; how they will react to me saying htat, what will happen aftar that, etc).

Maybe she doesn't like the fact others are "labeling" her? Perhaps try and let her look at some resources on it heself and let her come to an opinion.

I am being assessed, and I am about to have my last day of testing, soon. I am not at all against it, because I want to be tested. I think that I have it, I have an elvish friend who has it, and it makes sense. I don't think it is bad, and I would never change any of my traits relevant to it. If I do not have Asperger's, I was told that it is also likely that it could be a form of PDD-NOS that overlaps with it. Which ever one it is, I would never accept a cure for it, I would never deny it, and FOR GOODNESS SAKE I WILL NOT GO TO SOCIAL SKILLS CLASSES. I am a thirteen year old female, and I am fully happy about the way I am. I'm not ruining anything. Neurotypicals are ruining things.

I actually brought it up to my mom. It took a while for her to actually get me assessed, just because she is the kind of person that always says that she will do something, and then purposely forgets about it. She thought that I was making it up, just because she knew that I have and elvish friend with it.
I convinced her to take me to a counselor, and the counselor quickly noticed my traits, and explained to my mom. The counselor does not test you, she/he sees if you need to be tested.
I am now going to a psychologist who is testing me.
Explain everything about why you think you have it to your mom, I suppose.
I couldn't do it without getting extremely upset, however, because she didn't understand any of it.
It is difficult to explain.

You need to let her be exposed to more aspie.

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Just show her this site. That'll convince her for SURE! If it doesn't..... blame puberty and be done with it