Found out I was autistic as an adult. School diagnosed with ADD back in the late 70s autism back then. Very often my generation and older have been misdiagnosed. Knowing now makes me completely understand a lot of things in my past.
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One of my best (and brightest) friends, and many of those I work with, fall soundly within the autism spectrum. They just see the world a little differently then I do.
NoMagicCookie
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Oct 21, 2018
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@AtheistMama74 The friend I spoke of before, I met when I was in early single digit elementary school. Because he was different, he was brutalized by other neighbourhood kids. I found him interesting as he was/is a brilliant person who taught me to appreciate science, how to question events, find solutions, to trust facts based on repeatable, testable, observable experiments and observations. When I was young I didn't recognize him as autistic; just not the same. As a result, autistic people do not catch me off guard as I literally grew up immersed in the shoreline of their world. As a teacher (gifted and talented), this has helped relate to many of my students.
I work with autistic students, many times ADD is a a secondary identification and autism is primary. I'm at an age that when I was a student there was no special education. Students who were on the spectrum most likely were labeled, awkward, eccentric or loner.
Pamscwf1
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Oct 21, 2018
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I’ve worked with autistic students, and wondered ‘where they were’ during my youth, the seventy’s. You’re saying autism was considered ADD ‘back then?’ There was definitely no mainstreaming of students in my day, so the most severe behavior was hidden or ridiculed.
Glad you’re on the light end of the spectrum, it can be debilitating. I’ve a long-time friend with Aspergers, politically brilliant ..though living with his parents, alone, in his 40’s. Given the stressful demands of parenthood, he’s likely made the best decision.
Varn
Level 8
Oct 21, 2018
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What happened that you got diagnosed at last? I have long suspected there is Something going on with my family, even as an 11-year old i knew Mom & her sister were weird...lovely, but weird. And me too...seems a bit silly to worry about labels at 70, i guess, but I have questions....
AnneWimsey
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Oct 21, 2018
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Ozay:
Sometimes being 'weird' is a good thing, because people who are common as muck can be so boring. I know of a few people who many would consider to be weird, but these are the kind of people who you can stop by in the street and have an interesting conversation with, they're usually good listeners and humble people, they live simple lives they aren't caught up in the rat race expecting everyone to be the same. I kind of feel like an outsider myself, but knowing people like that is better than knowing no one at all.
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