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BOMBS@lemmy.worldM to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

For those of use that found out we were autistic as adults, how did you find out? What caused you to consider that you were autistic? What confirmed it?

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For those of use that found out we were autistic as adults, how did you find out? What caused you to consider that you were autistic? What confirmed it?

BOMBS@lemmy.worldM to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    Its been in the back of my mind for years, but it was Fern Brady’s run on Taskmaster that convinced me to dig deeper. She’s been open about here diagnosis and I saw a lot of familiar things in her.

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