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Hi to everyone on the Wrong Planet, I have been trying to figure it out for fourty eight years and it's only just starting to make some sense.

About a year and a half ago my four year old son was diagnosed with AS, after he couldn't cope with a change of nursery. His sister (twins) fitted straight in to the new place. The contrast couldn't have been greater.

Before that I had only vaguely heard of Asperger's, now me and my wife live, breath, eat and sleep it, not least because, since reading up on the condition, I am sure that I have it as well.

This leaves me with the problem of getting a diagnosis. I should mention that neither of my parents are alive. Obviously this is a problem, but not, I am led to believe, impossible.

All of this stuff has hit me (and my long suffering wife) over the past year or so, and at times has been completely overwhelming. However, it has also been like opening up the book of my life, with many AAHHAA! moments. So much has been explained. I have always been 'wierd,' 'odd,' all the usual labels that have been applied to many of you here. I knew that something was going on, having suffered from anxiety and panic attacks for many years (not too much of a problem these days), as well as OCD symptoms and, I now realise from following links here, auditory processing disorder.

This site is a great resource, once again hi to everyone with AS, and to those sympathetic and supportive NTs who help us cope with being on the Wrong Planet.

welcome to WP, igorstop.

another oldie-but-goodie here, who also found out about AS late in life.

Vivi
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Hello, Igorstop.

I can relate to your experience. I was always "odd man out"; in my family, in my schools, in my church. I always attributed this to the fact that I was adopted or because I'm a christain and this world is not my final destination.

But, eventually, when we found out that our son had AS, I read up about it and realized that if I could have been diagnosed as a very small child, I probably would have been described as Autistic. I have not been formally diagnosed but I have adapted so well, that I doubt that a diagnosis would ever be made and I don't really need it. I only wonder if I'm going to revert, the older and more worn out I become?

I literally cried when I read alot of the posts on this site because for once I thought that someone else has felt like that too, or percieved the world in this way, also.

And that's what makes these people precious to me, even if I have serious disagreements with them on this forum.

Welcome to WrongPlanet.

Welcome Igor!

Hi!

Welcome to Wrongplanet! I hope you enjoy posting here!

IgorStop

Welcome to the Wrong Planet.

I was diagnosed at age 41 Myself.

I hope You have a good time here and hope to see Your posts too.

Thanks for the replies guys,

It's nice to be made to feel welcome

IgorStop

You're welcome

welcome and howdy IgorStop