Hi, I have just self-diagnosed aspergers and awaiting formal assessment. My family are in complete denial and refuse to discuss it with me. I feel very lost and alone. I am 31 and read "aspergirls" on the advice of a friend who suggested that the difficulties I have may be autism related and I relate to every topic in the book SO much. All my life of knowing I'm different and not getting other people and others not getting me. It has been so reassuring to gain an understanding of myself. I cannot talk to my family without them immediately getting angry and I really want their support. They say that they have never had reason to think I was on the spectrum and they have known me my whole life and I have tried to explain that they have not experienced my life, only observed it, and observed it with very little understanding of what ASD is until recently.
I have already been through enough by myself. Thankfully my best friend is an absolute star. But does anyone who has been in a similar position. Eg late diagnosis, have any suggestions. Many thanks x
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