Hi.
I signed up a little while ago, but mostly just looked at some of the different posts people made as I made a friend on the spectrum. For privacy, I'll leave her anonymous.
I've decided that it's time to start posting. I won't get into a ton of specifics, but it was recommended to me that I get tested for autism. Due to circumstances, I wasn't able to for awhile. Part of me wondered whether I had autism, and that part was torn between deciding whether I had it or not. For me, I knew I had to get tested, and if I was on the spectrum, I needed a diagnosis. I know that isn't the case for everyone, but it was the case for me. A couple days prior to seeing the specialist, I was very nervous and very concerned that it may or may not be a long, drawn out process.
As it turned out, I didn't need to be nervous. The specialist spent an hour talking to me and someone who knew my childhood. They even asked why I hadn't been diagnosed as a child! I know why. I either fell on the very low or very high range of normal (but still within normal!). I've been diagnosed with autism - but not the severity. I half wonder if I was diagnosed as autistic vs asperger's because asperger's was taken out of the DSM-V, but this last sentence isn't really here nor there.
05 Oct 2015, 11:48 pm
