This is my first post. I'm not sure exactly what to say. I have been reading posts here for a while but it took me some time to get up the nerve to actually post something.
Having reached middle age, I had spent my whole life constantly being reminded directly and indirectly by the rest of the world that I was "different" or "not right" or "eccentric" or "a freak" and not knowing why. I was recently diagnosed with AS/HFA, and, after reading a lot about it, a whole bunch of things that made no sense before suddenly became clear as day. Why couldn't I have had this knowledge years ago? (Sigh.)
I ran across this forum in the course of my quest to find all the information I could about the disorder and myself. I don't think I can truly express how awesome it is to find out that there are plenty of other people like me out there. If even just for that reason, the existence of this forum is of inestimable value.
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07 Sep 2006, 11:36 am
Hi and welcome to WP. I can relate to allot of what you wrote
