How My Life Changed After My Autism Diagnosis
I Realized I’m Not The Problem
I want to say vocational rehab has found me a job that accommodates my Autism with a liveable salary and benefits.
I want to say my friends and family understand my fluctuating needs.
I want to say I've found a community that shares my interests and provides me with the companionship I've always wanted.
I want to say I met a man who accepts me for the chaotic person I am and not the neurotypical person he thought I could be.
That's why I spent a year attending therapy and providing detailed examples of everything I thought was wrong with me.
I needed to know how to fix myself so that people would like me.
I Was Diagnosed with Autism One Year Ago
It's been a year since the internal reality I knew was validated by diagnostic testing with a label no one believes because I don't seem Autistic to them.
So what's changed?
Is my life different?
Is an Autism diagnosis the answer I thought it would be?
It's complicated.
It depends.
