Hi, I'm new to the board. I've read postings before but just recently registered. I'm struck by how much I relate to the personal stories I've read here. I am still coming to terms with my autistic/aspie diagnosis and they have helped me be more comfortable with it.
I was diagnosed high functioning autistic in grade school in the 1970s. (Dr. Asperger's work was not recognized in the U.S. until 1984, so there was no aspie/autie distinction.) My parents were not entirely comfortable with an autistic diagnosis and so tried, in a well-meaning way, to raise me "normal." I can function and generally pass for NT in many respects, but I have always had the feeling that I was dealing with things people around me weren't. I've spent a long time unraveling my various idiosyncrasies and had actually gotten into some reading about Asperger's Syndrome when I remembered the childhood diagnosis and a number of things clicked. (In retrospect it seems like a silly thing to forget, but that's how it goes.)
Anyway, I'm glad to be here and hope to get to know some of you better.
03 May 2016, 11:03 pm
