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Hi all,

After a few years of strongly suspecting I have Autism, I received my official diagnosis yesterday! It's nice to be validated. \o/

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[-] claytonburns@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Congrats! It was definitely a relief for me when I received my diagnosis.

[-] lalay721@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago

Congratulations! I'm about to try to get a professional assessment, although in the particular region of Italy where I live it's a long process for adults that involves getting appointments with two doctors before going to the "Regional Autism Centre". That has discouraged me for quite some time but this sort of limbo sometimes is hard to bear and now I just want to know it for certain...

[-] OnoreDikeido@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Congratulations! I'm glad it worked out for you. :D How hard was it for you to get the diagnosis, if you don't mind sharing? I'm still waiting for the opportunity myself, but now I've grown so old that I feel like it's borderline impossible to get anyone to believe me, haha. (sigh)

[-] TheUtopianCat@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I live in Canada, and I got my diagnosis through a publicly funded program at CAMH's Adult Neurodevelopmental Clinic. I was on a waiting list with them for a long time before I had my assessment. I'm so thankful that this service is available.

[-] OnoreDikeido@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, that sounds great. Thank you for the info. Maybe there will be something similar in my country one day, too.

[-] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

and also

But really, make sure to look up videos on people sharing their journey once they received a diagnosis. It can be a bit of a transition. Hope things get better for you with this new information ๐Ÿ˜€

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