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It’s my birthday this week. Despite having virtually ignored my birthday for the last few years, I have something to celebrate this year. After a long process, I have been diagnosed with ASD Level 1, which is similar to what used to be referred to as Asperger Syndrome.
It feels good to finally understand why many things felt difficult for such a long time, and that I can potentially go easy on myself, after years of struggling with my mental health. Autism in women is so often missed, as we can be excellent at socially masking our difficulties.
I’m not looking for praise or sympathy here (please), because - being brutally honest - both of those things make me very uncomfortable. However, one thing which really helped me was reading of other people’s similar experiences. So it’s something I hope to write about very soon.
In the meantime, here’s a link to a great article which resonated with me at the very beginning of this process: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/women_late_diagnosis_autism
And I’m looking forward to embarking on another year on this planet, with much less of a need to put on that mask.
And I’m looking forward to embarking on another year on this planet, with much less of a need to put on that mask.
And! For anybody that missed @ChrisGPackham’s excellent film on this exact subject, here it is:
(Those boring photos that I obsessively take might make a bit more sense to some of you now).
(Those boring photos that I obsessively take might make a bit more sense to some of you now).
