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When were you diagnosed with Asperger's/Autism/PDD-NOS?
Before 3 3%  3%  [ 5 ]
3-6 4%  4%  [ 7 ]
7-11 11%  11%  [ 19 ]
12-16 15%  15%  [ 25 ]
17-20 15%  15%  [ 25 ]
21 and up 34%  34%  [ 58 ]
I am undiagnosed 18%  18%  [ 31 ]
I am NT 1%  1%  [ 2 ]
Total votes : 172

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08 Mar 2008, 4:27 pm

i was diagnosed at 12 there has been times i actet strange when looking back


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08 Mar 2008, 4:38 pm

On December 2nd, 2006, at 2:30 P.M. at the age of 33, I read the diagnosis on the report: Asperger Syndrome. "Oh dear, I have it".



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08 Mar 2008, 4:59 pm

I have 2 sons with Asperger's who were diagnosed at age 6 and age 8.

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08 Mar 2008, 5:21 pm

23. I turn 24 this year; in less than a month actually.


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08 Mar 2008, 5:34 pm

Self diagnosed at 20/21, officially diagnosed at 22 or 23 (i'd have to check the date on the diagnostic report to see whether it's before or after my birthday).

LCH, wow, you were only diagnosed this year? Were you self diagnosed before that? I kind of got the impression from your blog that you had been aware of autism politics and stuff for a few years...



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08 Mar 2008, 6:10 pm

Last summer self dx'ed in June, officially in July, at 48



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08 Mar 2008, 6:29 pm

shivanataraja wrote:

LCH, wow, you were only diagnosed this year? Were you self diagnosed before that? I kind of got the impression from your blog that you had been aware of autism politics and stuff for a few years...


Actually no. I was just a plain ol' kooky "weirdo" before I got dxed. Got dxed October of '07 about a month after I got into an argument about my meds with my new psychiatrist. I had previously been dxed with atypical OCD, ADHD, General Anxiety Disorder and cyclothymia (like baby bipolar). The new guy put two and two together, and now here I am. :)


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08 Mar 2008, 6:57 pm

well im 18 now so ill answer saying 18 iwas only officially diagnosed less than a month ago. But it was suspected that I had aspergers for quite a while i think for like four years or five years years



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08 Mar 2008, 7:00 pm

It only became a diagnosis when I turned 37, and I didn't know one way or 'tother until I was about 48..



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08 Mar 2008, 7:03 pm

Just about a month ago, at age 16.
I'm think it's HFA/Asperger's



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08 Mar 2008, 7:48 pm

Smelena wrote:
I have 2 sons with Asperger's who were diagnosed at age 6 and age 8.

Helen

But you are NT, yes?


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08 Mar 2008, 8:11 pm

The age of knowing topic

Just over 8 years ago, at the age of 45. I was sent for evaluation because of poor practical skills in a college programme. I had never heard of Asperger's until then.


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08 Mar 2008, 9:12 pm

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08 Mar 2008, 10:37 pm

Officially high functioning autism at the age of 5. I was showing signs of autism way before that.



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09 Mar 2008, 7:45 am

That was one month before my 19th birthday.



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09 Mar 2008, 7:51 am

About 10. I can still remember that they used a one-way mirror to observe me...the cowards. But god knows how I even knew it was a one-way mirror. Maybe I just realised it when I got older and looked back. :roll:

A friend of mine who is studying psychology said that using a one-way mirror is all part of the process and is simply a way to observe them without making them feel self-conscious. But I still found it quite insulting.