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My 22 year old daughter was put on disability when she was 18 or so. At the time she was not diagnosed with ASD, she was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, and depression. I suspected that she may have had other issues, but it was when my younger daughter was evaluated for autism that we started suspecting that this was possibly what was going on with the older daughter as well. It was hard to find a psychologist to evaluate an adult. but we did, and she determined that⦠read more
Keep in mind, when those older doctors got their degrees, autism wasn't as prevalent and was frequently misdiagnosed. They didn't know what it was.(look up idiot-savants, for example) I myself fit the bill for Aspbergers but was only diagnosed as adhd, schizophrenic, and bipolar. I'm 34 now so those that evaluated me back in the late 80's would have gotten their degrees roughly the same time as those doctors. I commend your daughter for taking the step to get diagnosed though. I've been too worried about the reaction to ask about it. I'm hyperintelligent but I worked HARD growing up to adjust to life and in MANY ways it still gets gets in the way of everyday life.
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