Finding out you're autistic as an adult

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At around 37, for me it was more of an "so that what it is" moment.

diagnosed 18 months ago at 37.

No transition as only my wife and my employer know.

34, realizing that ASD was an actual possibility was a personal revelation. However, as it came after some failure in school, it may mean a major transition for me. I definitely understand feeling cheated, as getting help ahead of time might well have prevented my issues as well.

They started sending me to psychologists when I was six years old; they diagnosed me with LD/ADD (discalculia) and said I was antisocial (an a**hole); oh, yeah; and at six I was labeled a latent homosexual; you can imagine how well that went over with the grown-ups! That was 1965; Asperger's was unheard of prior to 1980, and wasn't accepted as a thing until the 90's. While it certainly explains a lot, it doesn't change my experience; I still react to stimuli today as I did before being diagnosed, only now I have an explanation. So far, the only one I've told is my mate, who was already aware that I'm easily overwhelmed and exhausted by social interactions and overstimulation, I do not do math, I do not multitask, I'm socially inept, and do not do intuition. Fortunately for me, she groked all this early on in our relationship, and works around it.