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    Have you ever been discouraged or critisized for your hobby or interest?

    My Mum criticizes most of my interests but the interest of mine which seems to draw the worst responses from people is the interest of writing. Most people give me a sort of smirk and lack of interest in knowing any more about it. This is Australia, and our general culture (non-multicultural in...
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    How did you get diagnosed?

    1. A clinical psychologist. 2. 5 visits, roughly an hour each. 3. About 2 1/2 months. 4. Discussion, written, and practical tests, and a take-home practical assessment. 5. Australia. 6. The first couple of appointments were around $90, then the price-scheme changed to $120 per session. I went...
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    Male vs. Female Aspies

    I wonder whether being a late diagnosis is due to being happier to be different from others. More willing to be someone other's aren't going to approve of, or like as a result. That I would find autism applicable to me, and be diagnosed! I suppose I wanted to be a girl when I was young. Pretty...
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    Thanks for sharing the youtube video by Rose. Nice to hear you agree with her.

    Thanks for sharing the youtube video by Rose. Nice to hear you agree with her.
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    Secrecy vs Disclosure

    I didn't tell anyone about having AS until after I was dx'd which was a few weeks after I realised I am. Then it was on the advice of the psychiatrist to tell my Mum, because I wasn't going to tell my Mum, or anybody. After I told her, and went through our usual argument of there being nothing...
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    I haven't been here in a while so I thought I'd reintroduce myself

    Thanks everyone for your welcoming messages. I have a Labrador *****. She's 8 or 9 years old. I lost track after she turned about 5 or 6. I do that sometimes.
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    I haven't been here in a while so I thought I'd reintroduce myself

    Thanks, Shalott! Nice to be welcomed back, after so long.
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    I haven't been here in a while so I thought I'd reintroduce myself

    Hi, my name is Chartreuse. I am dx'd with Asperger's. I like to read, walk my dog, play chess occasionally, watch movies, and drink occasionally.
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