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health advisory Hospital Mental Health 2007-11-15 19:01:52

autism has only recently started to get recongnition.

you can get tested for it as an adult.

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It's really difficult to have autism and not have it diagnosed till adulthood. If you look at the signs and symptoms, even the mildest forms are pretty much a red light and siren to parents that something is wrong.

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/autis...

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Of course, you could have Aspergers Disorder, which is a much milder form in the Autism spectrum of disorders. I know a computer programmer that has it. He's super smart, very funny, a talented artist and musician, but he has his issues.

Understanding what people say is hard for him. He's always trying to figure out what they mean rather than listening to their words, and he never thinks anyone is meaning the words they say. It's that whole literal and figurative thing for him. He has a hard time following directions - if I say look up to your left it takes a long time to sink in then act on it.

He doesn't make eye contact like other people do, it's just subtle things that I notice, but he probably has more things that I've never noticed in my 11 years of being his friend. He is married and has a gorgeous son. He's a college graduate and has done quite well in his career, too.

Go read this and see if it gives you any more insight

http://www.aspergers.com/

Best of luck to you!

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