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How old were you when you were dx'd, or self-dx'd as on the spectrum?
0-5 years old 8%  8%  [ 34 ]
6-10 8%  8%  [ 34 ]
11-16 16%  16%  [ 68 ]
17-21 18%  18%  [ 79 ]
22-29 21%  21%  [ 91 ]
30-39 13%  13%  [ 57 ]
40-49 10%  10%  [ 43 ]
50+ 6%  6%  [ 24 ]
Not on the spectrum as far as you are aware 1%  1%  [ 3 ]
Other 0%  0%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 434

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20 Nov 2009, 4:02 pm

How Old Were You When You Were Dx'd/Self Dx'd? :)



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20 Nov 2009, 4:59 pm

Not sure. I've had incidents where people suspected autism when I was a kid. Others who informally diagnosed me may have reached that conclusion when I was 27, and I was told about it when I was 31


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20 Nov 2009, 5:20 pm

12 when diagnosed. Never been self diagnosed.



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20 Nov 2009, 8:25 pm

Diagnosed by family at 45 (and I concurred). Made official at 49, a year ago this past summer.



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11 Dec 2009, 10:43 am

I was diagnosed at age 16.


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11 Dec 2009, 4:02 pm

Officially diagnosed today, 18 years old.



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21 Dec 2009, 9:48 am

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29 Dec 2009, 9:26 pm

I was diagnosed with Asperger's at age twelve. I first started showing signs of autism when I was three, I think, because I wasn't talking at all. So my parents enrolled me in a preschool for children with special needs, where I stayed until I was five, then I started kindergarten at a regular public school at age six. :)



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30 Dec 2009, 5:40 pm

I was diagnosed at age 4. Apparently, my Dad noticed I didn't stick my tongue out back at him when I was /born/. And a close childhood friend has a related disorder, so.



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02 Jan 2010, 9:44 am

I was diagnosed by several doctors at 4, non-verbal until 4 1/2.

That would put me, by their diagnosis, as being Autistic.



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02 Jan 2010, 9:51 am

22 self, 23 pro becuase it was 2005. A bad experience led me to a surprising discovery.



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09 Jan 2010, 11:50 am

I was diagnosed at a age of 13 years.


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10 Jan 2010, 1:00 pm

I was diagnosed at 57 years old. Surprise of my life!


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12 Jan 2010, 9:12 pm

1 1/2 months, I was severely Autistic then, full blown everything.



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21 Jan 2010, 1:29 pm

Self/prof Dx stats topic

I always knew I was different, but I was not Dx until age 46. I had nver heard of Asperger's Difference before this.


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22 Jan 2010, 4:38 am

9...It was sad that I was diagnosed at a fairly advanced age...


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