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Hi,

New here. I'm a 35 year old single woman. I've never been diagnosed but I strongly suspect I've got AS. I have taken the baron-cohen autism spectrum quiz (which I've seen people reference here on the forums), which scored me at 39. The apsie quiz scored me at 146. The Broad spectrum phenotype typed me as Autistic/BAP. Between this and what I've read i'm sure i'm on the spectrum.

I've also had several teachers ask if I've got autism (not my teachers but other people I know who teach special ed). I think I'm undiagnosed because I've always been good at school so the teachers probably just brushed me off as being odd. But since I did well academically so they didn't have that as a reason to hold me back or have me tested.

In reading about autism and asperger's I've never realized before how much about myself fits the type. For example, I've always had trouble relating to people and would rather be by myself. I've never had many close friends but managed to maintain one friendship most of the time. I do have a B.S. in mathematics. So I guess you can say math is my forte. But really my strong interest is music and art. In fact, I just started piano lessons. Something my parents never let me do as a kid but I always begged them to let me. Now that I have the time and money I've been learning.

As a child I would spin myself around in circles endlessly. Once I discovered that office chairs spin, that became all I wanted to play with for a while. I would get very upset if someone turned off the radio or tape player. I still often listen to the radio for music. Also, I currently rock myself sometimes since it's soothing. I've managed to control most of these self-soothing behaviors but they tend to come back on day's when I very stressed or tired, like if I have to stay late at work.

I can't comment on if I started speaking late or not. I don't believe so but I do find putting my thoughts into words orally difficult. Something about typing my thoughts is much easier. I could go on but I'll leave it at this for now.

Welkome to WP

Mick

Yeah it sounds like you are definitely on the spectrum. Doing well in school is not a disqualification for diagnosis -- in fact if you are HFA/AS then you would likely do well in academics but do badly socially. You mentioned you are 35. This means you went to school 20 years ago, so back then awareness of autism was much lower and that is probably why they didn't diagnose you. If you were school age today they probably would. But you can try and seek diagnosis on your own now.

So when you got BS in math was it your parents choice or was it your own? Do you like math? I myself am in physics although I studied math on professional level as well as I was a double major back in college.

Welcome!

Hi KittyGirl0811! Welcome to Wrong Planet! Check out the many interesting and helpful forums here. You definitely sound like you are on the spectrum to me. You are among friends here at WP!

You sound pretty darn aspie to me.

I'm brand new here too. Good to meet you.

Hi there. I am a 36 year old female and was just officially diagnosed with AS a few months ago. Living undiagnosed is the burden of our generation it seems. Just letting you know you aren't alone in struggling to understand how that could be.

Welcome to WP!

Thanks everyone!

Roman - I agree with you that autism wasn't nearly as well known when I was in grade school. So I probably wouldn't have been tested. For the BS in math, it was really my parent's idea. I wanted a dual degree in music and art but, admittedly, didn't know what i'd do with it. I agreed to math because I was good at math and it promised more well-paying jobs. So I think that my parents wanted to find a way for me to care for myself more than anything.

A warm welcome to you! Great to have you aboard You'll fit in nicely here.
I can relate to the challenges of putting thoughts into spoken words, writing them isn't quite as hard. And I find myself swaying or rocking slowly many times as well.
I want to wish you the best on your piano lessons too.

Good luck with the piano, I've been doing it since I was four (my parents are musicians) and I still love it today. It's not the easiest instrument, but at least you don't have to worry about tuning it before you start to play.

You just made me remember how much I loved spinning around when I was a kid. I had an office chair in my bedroom and I'd spin as fast as I could over and over again.