I was in my twenties.
Topic: What age were you diagnosed? (formal or self-dx)
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Reply by D4rkPr0xy404
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I was actually really lucky and mum noticed early so I got diagnosed when I was 10 (I love my parents they were and are so supportive)
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Reply by x_reincloud_x
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I was technically diagnosed as a kid, but my parents kept it from me only to later get rediagnosed in my thirties. Though, I've suspected it since I was a teen...
Reply by Sakura Kasane
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I was diagnosed at 13 (almost 14) and I wasn't surprised when I was diagnosed, I don't know why my mother was surprised when I was diagnosed, like her daughter spent the whole day watching Super Mario videos on YouTube on the living room TV lol
Reply by Kazper
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I was diagnosed at 15 after a talk abt it at school, I found an explanation for my entire behavior since that, it was weird 'cuz my grandma said that I wasn't autistic when the diagnosis with all the exams already done
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Reply by Mika/Meike
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I got professionally diagnosed at 11. I never really self diagnosed cuz i always doubted I had it
Reply by Piper
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I got my diagnosis at a very young age like under 5 years old but later up the road they got another diagnosis just to be sure but ya
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Reply by NiNi
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I was Diagnosed by a professional at 8 years old. My mom had finally took me to go get tested after she thought something was wrong with me after all those years. Lolz :3
Reply by ray*༉♡
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i got "officially" tested when i was very young (around 4-5?) with my brother, who was struggling academically and was being tested so he could receive additional help in school; while he was diagnosed, i was only left with having "borderline ADHD symptoms," which as far as im aware isnt a proper or official diagnosis !! (╬▔皿▔)╯ i suspect that due to being AFAB and being farther ahead of my classmates in reading skill, they decided against giving me any sort of ND label, let alone autism
so of course, when i told my mainly autistic group of friends a decade later that i wasnt ever diagnosed with autism, they all stared at me like i had 4 heads. they all assumed i had been diagnosed ! i didnt take the idea of being autistic more seriously until a couple years later, though, during my senior year of highschool at 18; i did a lot of research (to the best of my ability, since so many autism resources are geared at parents looking at the symptoms of a child (ㆆ_ㆆ) ) and i think autism is-- if not the only disability-- one of the most prevalent disabilities in my life (* ̄3 ̄)╭
due to my living circumstances, im not sure if ill ever get to be officially diagnosed; id love to get diagnosed though, if only to quiet down the thought that im just a special brand of "weird and messed up"
Reply by Zombeefish
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I was diagnosed at 13 in the year 2020, I learnt so much about myself that year and managed to almost completely unmask!
Reply by jelli.rain
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I self diagnosed when I was like 16-17? Somewhere around there when I realized how much I felt like Abed from community sometimes and then did a BUNCH of research into it and realized 'wow I think I'm autistic' and then got my actual diagnosis 1-2 years ago when I was 18-19! We got it so I could get accommodations for college. They wouldn't diagnose me in school cuz my 'grades were too good' ;-;
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Reply by dingus :P
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like four years old lmao, my dad and mom and like entire family has high functioning
Reply by meri
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I self diagnosed myself at around 14 years old after almost a 2 year long relationships (yea don't ask pls...) with my partner at the time who's also autistic. Ofc i know not everyone has the same experience of autism since its a spectrum but i found myself relating to a lot of things they'd talk about and i was able to give a name and a reason to how i felt. (It also explained a lot of the weird stuff i did in my childhood, lol.)
I'm currently trying to get a professional diagnosis, but for personal problems i haven't been able to get in touch with a therapist yet.
Reply by The_Bigb05
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probably around 4th or 5th grade so around 9 to 11 (please don't take that the wrong way that's literally what the age range is around...)
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Reply by avalon
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I was formally diagnosed in grade 9, I think I was around 14 or so? I was also diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder at the same time. I never self diagnosed or anything, I thought I had ADHD before being tested.
Reply by dust_bunny
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i first suspected it at 12, kinda self diagnosed then. i got my diagnosis at 18ish almost 3 years ago.
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Reply by symbolicstar
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i think when i was three, i was diagnosed. i'm very grateful. girls usually get diagnosed very late.
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Reply by ✦✰✶ M.P. ✶✰✦
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Doctors and teachers started to suspect when I was 3y, but only got a official diagnostic at 15y.
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