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Hi all,

After a few years of strongly suspecting I have Autism, I received my official diagnosis yesterday! It's nice to be validated. \o/

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Congratulations! I'm glad it worked out for you. :D How hard was it for you to get the diagnosis, if you don't mind sharing? I'm still waiting for the opportunity myself, but now I've grown so old that I feel like it's borderline impossible to get anyone to believe me, haha. (sigh)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Congratulations! I'm about to try to get a professional assessment, although in the particular region of Italy where I live it's a long process for adults that involves getting appointments with two doctors before going to the "Regional Autism Centre". That has discouraged me for quite some time but this sort of limbo sometimes is hard to bear and now I just want to know it for certain...