autisminheels
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Hello everyone, my name is Rabecca.
I was officially diagnosed as high functioning autistic at the age of 52, and it has brought a great deal of clarity to my life. My journey with autism began when my daughter, who is now 17, went through a neuro-psychological evaluation at 15 due to difficulties in regulating her emotions, which led to meltdowns. Her evaluation revealed that she is autistic with ADHD. This prompted me to reflect on my own suspicions about my now 19-year-old son, whom I had always believed to have Asperger's.
After researching autism and Asperger's extensively for years, I decided to have him evaluated, and he was diagnosed with NVLD (nonverbal learning disorder).
Additionally, my other son was diagnosed with ADHD and Tourette's. I find it confusing that he was not also diagnosed as autistic, given he was the one who didn’t speak for the first 3yrs of his life and had his own language we had to learn to communicate.
My husband was evaluated last and was not identified as neurodivergent, a conclusion with which I strongly disagree. My therapist shares this view, as he has been present in many of my sessions.
It’s suspect that my oldest daughter, who is 26, is also high functioning autistic woman unfortunately, we were unable to get her in to be evaluated before she turned 26 as our deductible was met a month right before she turned 26 and they didn’t have any openings..
Lastly, my older son 37 was not evaluated however we are certain he’sADHD not Autistic.
Having this many people on the spectrum under one household has been quite challenging, especially over the years not knowing why everybody was the way they were or why they reacted the way they did. A lot of assumptions were made, and some were judged unfairly.
On my maternal side, my cousin in her 40s was also recently diagnosed with autism and ADHD.
I am here to share my experiences, learn from others, and offer support to those who may be going through similar journeys. I look forward to connecting with others on this forum.
I am also writing a book that solely focuses on late-diagnosed autistic teen girls and women. I am collecting their stories and will be compiling them in this book in hopes that it will help other women connect and recognize that they are not alone.
I was officially diagnosed as high functioning autistic at the age of 52, and it has brought a great deal of clarity to my life. My journey with autism began when my daughter, who is now 17, went through a neuro-psychological evaluation at 15 due to difficulties in regulating her emotions, which led to meltdowns. Her evaluation revealed that she is autistic with ADHD. This prompted me to reflect on my own suspicions about my now 19-year-old son, whom I had always believed to have Asperger's.
After researching autism and Asperger's extensively for years, I decided to have him evaluated, and he was diagnosed with NVLD (nonverbal learning disorder).
Additionally, my other son was diagnosed with ADHD and Tourette's. I find it confusing that he was not also diagnosed as autistic, given he was the one who didn’t speak for the first 3yrs of his life and had his own language we had to learn to communicate.
My husband was evaluated last and was not identified as neurodivergent, a conclusion with which I strongly disagree. My therapist shares this view, as he has been present in many of my sessions.
It’s suspect that my oldest daughter, who is 26, is also high functioning autistic woman unfortunately, we were unable to get her in to be evaluated before she turned 26 as our deductible was met a month right before she turned 26 and they didn’t have any openings..
Lastly, my older son 37 was not evaluated however we are certain he’sADHD not Autistic.
Having this many people on the spectrum under one household has been quite challenging, especially over the years not knowing why everybody was the way they were or why they reacted the way they did. A lot of assumptions were made, and some were judged unfairly.
On my maternal side, my cousin in her 40s was also recently diagnosed with autism and ADHD.
I am here to share my experiences, learn from others, and offer support to those who may be going through similar journeys. I look forward to connecting with others on this forum.
I am also writing a book that solely focuses on late-diagnosed autistic teen girls and women. I am collecting their stories and will be compiling them in this book in hopes that it will help other women connect and recognize that they are not alone.
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