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beer1982
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21 Aug 2014, 1:58 am

Hi

I was diagnosed as an aspie 1 year ago. The diagnose only explain why the world is different but has not help me much. How as an (u)officiel helped you?



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21 Aug 2014, 2:26 am

It's partly self-validation: I was suspecting but people said I cannot self-diagnose. The diagnosis has helped me see situations more clearly. I understand that I'll always have difficulty with certain things. It's hard to accept that, but possible indeed.

The biggest change is that I joined an Asperger's therapy group and ended up rooming with one of the other members.


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21 Aug 2014, 3:56 am

It helped me through school and my elementary school couldn't put me in a behavior program because of the dx. Plus my parents understood me better so I was in less trouble and my mom stopped getting mad for my obsessions and taking them away.


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21 Aug 2014, 10:20 am

League_Girl wrote:
It helped me through school and my elementary school couldn't put me in a behavior program because of the dx. Plus my parents understood me better so I was in less trouble and my mom stopped getting mad for my obsessions and taking them away.

Nick774 wrote:
It's partly self-validation: I was suspecting but people said I cannot self-diagnose. The diagnosis has helped me see situations more clearly. I understand that I'll always have difficulty with certain things. It's hard to accept that, but possible indeed.

The biggest change is that I joined an Asperger's therapy group and ended up rooming with one of the other members.

All great results and reasons for diagnoses.


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21 Aug 2014, 5:32 pm

I'm much more able to describe and articulate where I'm coming from, what my difficulties are-
which, in turn, allows others to be of more help to me when necessary (the dx qualifies me for services).
Having a name for it aids in understanding, which makes people more able to think practically about how to address the challenges
('cause it's all the harder to try to solve or remedy a problem you can't even find words for).


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