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mapleleafsoup

mapleleafsoup

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Hi! I'm new here. I don't know anyone else with autism. I was diagnosed when I was in my early twenties. I'm in my early 40's now. I thought I had autism since late childhood / adolescence, since many people told me about it and thought I had it, but I had a lot of family problems and didn't get diagnosed until I went to college and got a referral to an Autism specialist to evaluate me. I was diagnosed with classic autism. I am high functioning. Although I guess now it is ASD for everyone and things have changed. I am not really up to speed on any new terms or diagnostic criteria, but I have social, communication, sensory and repetitive issues as well as anxiety and depression. These past couple of years I've struggled with my Autism a lot and I just wanted to look for other Autistic people to spend time online with.
 
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Hi and welcome, sorry to hear you have been struggling, it's good that you are here though, some of us probably have some similar struggles and can relate.

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Hi and welcome @mapleleafsoup

Do hang around a bit and get to know us and see what in the conversation here jives with your experience.
Just out of interest can you make soup with maple leaves - just asking?
 
Thank you for the warm welcome!

@Alexej When I was a little kid I always made a pretend soup out of maple leaves for my dolls when I played outside. I think it might just be a Canadian thing kids do haha
 
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