InHouseAutistic#AskingAutistics
I'm curious about how old you were, the first time you remember having a thought along the lines of 'I wonder if I might be autistic'?
And when did you know you were?
7 years for me, from 30-37.
Chris 
@EverAutistic this year, at 42, the penny finally dropped
@looneybyron
Did you have one big moment where it dropped?
I had a period of swinging back and forth between being completely convinced, and feeling like I was being ridiculous. It was exhausting! So relieved to be out the other side.
Did you have one big moment where it dropped?
I had a period of swinging back and forth between being completely convinced, and feeling like I was being ridiculous. It was exhausting! So relieved to be out the other side.
@EverAutistic I was like you for a long time, but once I started talking to people they confirmed my suspicions. It just explains everything! And my parents did take me in when I was little but seeing as it was the early 80s I did not get diagnosed then (as a girl who was verbal).
@looneybyron
Yes it's really hard (and perhaps pointless, I'm not sure) trying to work out if earlier diagnosis would have been beneficial. I was little in the 80s/90s too, and also highly verbal .
Yes it's really hard (and perhaps pointless, I'm not sure) trying to work out if earlier diagnosis would have been beneficial. I was little in the 80s/90s too, and also highly verbal .
@EverAutistic I think it would have been beneficial for me because I ended up with a lot of trauma.