8 Things I Wish I Knew Before My Autism Diagnosis at 22

• By: Taylor Raines University of Central Florida
• April 1st, 2016
• adults, advocacy, diagnosis, female, gender
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At the age of twenty-two, I was diagnosed with high-functioning autism, commonly known as “Asperger’s Syndrome.” On the autism spectrum, high-functioning individuals with autism generally don’t have developmental delays that are common in other parts of the spectrum. High-functioning autism...