30+ adult diagnosis

[xudo 0]

I'm 30 and was diagnosed about a month ago. I've told pretty much everyone in RL who I feel I want to. I was massively relieved to be honest as up til getting diagnosed, I'd always known that I wasn't "normal" but thought that I was just a weirdo who didn't understand other people. Now I know that there's actually a reason for the things I do/don't do and all that jazz.

[Wallflower 0]

33.  I'm understanding now why I do what I do (or don't do) and I've explained to a few Friends from my past to left because I was never willing to hang out. Just so that they would understand and know that it wasn't them. I am so glad that I know what this is now so that I can find people like me and so I don't feel so alone

[StormCrow 225]

One of my Privates/Troopers (military) was just diagnosed at 52 last year.

Pretty much had the same feeling/thing as me with a statement of how they/I figured out why I was out of place in life.

[Eliza 628]

At 56! A year ago. I went through a lot of ups and downs. I felt a great relief at first. All was good until I started reading how neurotypicals view autistics. Then I found some self-advocacy sites that empowered me. Now, I am overall content about it. There are times I get frustrated, sure, but at least now I have some tools to work with. The biggest joy comes from accepting it. This is who I am. Now I'm in the process of learning to be authentic. Does it ruffle NT feathers? Yes, but when people know you have Aspergers, they do cut you a little more slack. I'm able to ask a person to repeat something without them getting all sensitive about it. Hang in there, dragonwing. Don't give up pursuing the things you want in life, even though they don't come as easily to us.

[hutchie 1]

46, diagnosed this year, known since 2009 when I discovered autism aspergers after losing yet another job in Notts. 

[Gone away 2,317]

Diagnosed 2yrs ago at 53yrs