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I finally got diagnosed.

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“The results of this evaluation are indicative of autism spectrum disorder.”

Never before have I been so relieved and yet so dismayed to read such a sentence.

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Hadriscus@lemm.ee
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It’s absolutely eerie how the description you make of yourself fits me. I am all the more determined to consult and make sense of this. Thanks for sharing

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xophos@discuss.tchncs.de
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I hope, you are a bit younger than me. I got my diagnosis last year and I’m close to fifty.

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Hadriscus@lemm.ee
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Thanks for the inspiration man

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