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Adult Diagnosis (Orion’s Story)

My Friend Autism

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The Benefits of a Diagnosis

I finally felt like I knew who I was and why I was here. It provided me the opportunity to educate and advocate for autistic people. There are some genuine post diagnosis challenges, but it's not all a bit of roses. You don't get a fresh start even though you were living your entire life with an undiagnosed disability. Do you see what I'm saying? So, you know, friendships, jobs, things that may have soured down because of the way you've acted or behaved in the past might be different now. That makes no sense at all. If you feel that there's a diagnosis there to at least seek an assessment in adulthood,. Your experience might be

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