if you're autistic, when were you diagnosed?

Post #1 HDLMatchetteTextile"Rightey O!" - Felix

by HDLMatchette Textile

i was diagnosed at age 3.

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Post #2 nakedtaoTextileStay naked!

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by nakedtaoTextile

I was about 7.

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Post #3 headonystBarefoot

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by headonystTextile

44. Late diagnosis

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Post #4 Geor_HollanderBarefoot

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by Geor_HollanderTextile

I was diagnosed at 28. I was unable finish University, I asked for help, one thing led to another and I got diagnosed with Aspergers.

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Post #5 R_R_12345Textile

RE:if you're autistic, when were you diagnosed?

by R_R_12345Textile

Formally at 15 years old

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Post #6 CampingbareSuper NudistIf God wanted us to go around naked, we'd have been born that way!...

RE:if you're autistic, when were you diagnosed?

by CampingbareTextile

About 2 months ago. I am 65. Would be considered Asperger if diagnosed a few years ago.
My wife had kept saying she believed I was autistic. Once I researched it, I figured if I was autistic at all, I would be minimally borderline, and so what would it matter?

After she passed away, I found that she had shared her opinion of me being autistic to several of our friends. Eventually I gave in to be tested just to settle the issue. Could have knocked me down with a feather when I heard the results. The one test that had a graphic output showed only a little sliver of traits on the "normal" (neurotypical sounds too PC for me) side.

It seems I am pretty much a textbook masker. I learned young how to act normal enough to get by. I was an Air Force Captain, electrician, and electronic technician. I retired from the last job after 32 years. I married at 40, but was married 24 years before my wife passed away.

From earliest childhood on, I have never liked the feeling of clothing on my body and have gone naked whenever I could. So I guess I wasn't too surprised to find that many autistic people have issues with clothing.

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