Scoots5012 wrote:
Today I had my third meeting with the psychologist. This morning I was given my "offical" diagnoses of aspergers syndrome. I now feel a sense of closure for the first time in my life regarding my storied past. My only regret is that this couldn't have happened 20 years ago.
I know *exactly* what you mean. Having a doctor validate my self-DX was a great relief. In the immediate sense, it meant that I was neither crazy nor a hypochondriac. More importantly, it neatly explained 30+ years of social failures in a non-judgemental way and gave me a whole new perspective on my life. It also brought a sense of regret, as I have to wonder how much pain and depression could have been avoided with earlier detection.
Scoots5012 wrote:
He feels that I'm a fairly textbook case of someone who's on the higher rungs of autism spectrum, in that despite my problems, I should be able to live independently and survive on my own with little or no assistance.
That's great news! It's not all going to be easy, though.
Scoots5012 wrote:
To top things off, he is going to try and get me enrolled into a local autism support group. He says there are many people here where I live my age who have AS and I feel very excited at the prospect of possibly meeting them.
Yoda said "Do or do not. There is no try."

I wish I could meet more adult Aspies. The Asperger Syndrome "support group" in my city is only for people under age 25. There's an Autism support group about an hour south of me that I visited once, but it was mostly composed of parents who managed to hijack every conversation and turn it into a discussion about their children. Not only can NT parents not contribute much to a discussion about autistic adults, but most of them actively avoid the subject because it terrifies them to think that their children will grow up.
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