Do you ever question your diagnosis?

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Same. I lose track of my trauma, depression, and anxiety disorders because I'm so accustomed to them. I can't imagine life feeling any other way, so I forget or I question the diagnoses.

Was dxd late in life only a few years ago.. No reason to question it. Though I dont make a big deal of it (like ask for accommodation for it) either.

Someone on WP, forget who, has a quote in their signature that says "the first step in fighting an invisible monster is to throw a can of paint on it." Very apt description of getting an aspergers diagnosis. You have already fought it all of your life, but For the first time you can see the enemy and put him in your gunsights. No reason to make him invisible again.

The Asperger's diagnosis was seemingly intended to only include those with the Asperger's profile which usually has no speech. It came to be used to include most ASD-1 kids presumably to avoid the "autism" term which still had pre-spectrum meaning to most people. This over use of Asperger's for social reasons drove the change to ASD. I am not surprised that someone with an Asperger's profile could be ASD-2, from what I've read and seen. By "Asperger's profile", I mean someone with good verbal skills, but maybe poor conversational skills, maybe poor eye contact, maybe poor at reading non-verbal communication.

I'm listed on the 'World genius directory' due to my verbal ability. I got a score of 3 for social communication (classical autism level) when assessed. There's a big difference between how I was with hardly any support in Essex, and how things are now with the support I get.

Like other posters here was only experienced with most severe non verbal autistic persons in real life .
So hadn’t thought to consider myself for many years and was forceably dealt with when I did not mask around other people. So self preservation from violence was a motivator in upbringing. And dealt with as someone of slow intelligence . Even still I believe at times .. Which , have shrugged off. For no other reason than peace of mind , then
Cause I interface okay in public mostly by outward appearances . Caused me to question briefly my diagnosis , then all I have to do is go over the various symptoms list. And see how well it matches most of my daily experiences .
The incidentals in life, are overwhelming to me.
Fire monkeys writing here have often helped me in realizing that a great deal of symptoms are plainly obvious.

Yes. I read all the time about how people on the spectrum have a special gift of being really smart in math, science or something else...and I have nothing I am good at or smart at academically.