BillyTree wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
Raymond_Fawkes wrote:
I was diagnosed at age 55. Others on this board got diagnosed in their 60s and later. Saying we can’t be autistic because of our age is offensive.
I was diagnosed at age 57 and agree. I find someone being questioned beacuse of a late diagnosis as deeply offensive. In my case it's not like I have lived an easy life until I suddenly after half a century on some kind impulse decided to get myself a diagnosis.
Indeed. I was formally diagnosed at age 51, following my son's diagnosis at age 8. People like me were almost never diagnosed as children or young adults.
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