So bodaccea, you are a 39 year old limey woman. What are your interests? Official DX or not? I don't care if you are actually, just curious and getting DX as an adult is difficult.
omg i hate being 39. my dad was in the british navy so i am cool with being called a limey!! I just had to look up what DX meant...doh. No, if i had a diagnosis it would possibly be unclassified. i would be the one with a question mark on file. When i was a kid nobody noticed i weren't hanging out with the 'it' girls. my grades were excellent. my choice of free time activities were not relevant. i have a trunk of 'masks' to wear so that i can blend into normality, and a collection of stiff upper lips for when things are not going well. have never persued the DX matter as i don't need a label, maybe it would have helped a long time ago, but now, i don't think so. I have a little boy, diagnosed ASD, he is 3 years old. Never tried to be part of any community or forum before but i found WP the other day and thought 'cool' then i found this site and thought 'nah this is cool'.....so here i am
39 is not bad bodaccea, you could be pushing up daisies instead of raising your little boy. The limey comment was not intended as a put down. I got a dx @ 48 years old and it was difficult to find a Dr who would do an assessment for an adult, since you have a son on the spectrum I can see where you can recognize his traits as yours and not desire medical confirmation.
