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New here & seeking understanding

Ken said:
Welcome to the forum!!

I self diagnosed at the age of 67. As far as I'm concerned, my diagnosis is absolutely official. For example, if you fall and experience extreme pain in your leg then see that you leg is bent halfway between your ankle and knee; you don't need a medical authority to diagnose that you have a broken leg. It is just too obvious. After learning what autism is, it was as obvious as a broken leg to me. And officially, I don't feel I really need to prove anything to anyone.
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Wow. Wise words; I really like thinking about it this way.

I guess it's just...the hard part of living with an invisible disability though.
 
autism-and-autotune said:
Wow. Wise words; I really like thinking about it this way.

I guess it's just...the hard part of living with an invisible disability though.
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Yep, invisible disability... My term for my greatest difficulty is, "social blindness". I'm fine when alone, but socially, I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone or some nightmare like horror movie.

But, it's all relative. Some people who are not autistic have it much worse. Just one example; there are those who are totally blind; living in a visually designed society. Like having to navigate through a cluttered room with no vision results in lots of collisions. I have lots of unfortunate social "collisions", but I guess physical collisions could be worse?
 
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