oneofus
23-09-12, 17:50
Hi,
Having had a few run ins with work concerning inappropriate, arrogant and supposed rude behaviour I've asked my GP to refer me for a test for possible autism (most likely Asperger's). I've done the Wired AQ test and constantly end up in the lower end of the autistic spectrum and it does make a good deal of sense of past events eg lack of friends, poor social skills, saying wrong things at wrong times for no obvious reason, lack of emotional empathy etc.
The thing is autism has, as they might say, an image problem and I don't see myself fitting that image typified by a young child with a flat expression, obsessively playing in a world of their own. So I'm not really sure what I'm letting myself in for, but an official diagnosis would make things a lot easier at work and explain so much of my past that I might be able to plan better for the morrow.
My question, obvious as it might seem, is has anyone else had a diagnosis as an adult for autism and what can I expect?
one of us
Having had a few run ins with work concerning inappropriate, arrogant and supposed rude behaviour I've asked my GP to refer me for a test for possible autism (most likely Asperger's). I've done the Wired AQ test and constantly end up in the lower end of the autistic spectrum and it does make a good deal of sense of past events eg lack of friends, poor social skills, saying wrong things at wrong times for no obvious reason, lack of emotional empathy etc.
The thing is autism has, as they might say, an image problem and I don't see myself fitting that image typified by a young child with a flat expression, obsessively playing in a world of their own. So I'm not really sure what I'm letting myself in for, but an official diagnosis would make things a lot easier at work and explain so much of my past that I might be able to plan better for the morrow.
My question, obvious as it might seem, is has anyone else had a diagnosis as an adult for autism and what can I expect?
one of us