Welcome in your own right you are as everyone is born as an unique individual and have every right to be just that.
Discovering if your on the autism spectrum, if you have AS can take a while and I often feel people are there own best judges, but it can take a while... to be honest the biggest misconceptions of people being on the autism spectrum is that we are all the same, we are not... in fact can be very diverse and different. So its not a matter of a simply check list, I wasn't diagnosed with any think until in my late 40s, I have many co morbid, associated conditions. Autism is the center, the differently minded part, as for diagnosis.. I feel its best before thinking about being diagnosed, write down as much information as you can will really help, back to when you were a child. As we get older we learn to change and adapt, does not mean we do not still have those differences, do what your doing now research and read as much as you can and then decide, if you feel you are I always say its best to know for sure before being diagnosed, as its not about the label, its about true identity.
Some things you can do, list, criteria ands test:
AS Symtoms (Full Official Criteria) and take the AQ Test:
http://asplanet.info/index.php?option=c ... &Itemid=63
Some threads on asplanet forum (but many also on Wrong Planet read and re-read..which may help you start your own journey:
ADULT Characteristics ASD http://asplanet.info/forum/index.php?top...
My list of Characteristics of Children to Adolescences AS symptoms
http://asplanet.info/forum/index.php?top...
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