My autism diagnosis is finally official!

Dear Future historian,

It is finally official! Today was my assessment and I can now declare myself as proudly autistic, with a diagnosis.

Wow! About 3 years in a w8ing* list, 2 years before that till I actually take the courage to get in that list, and b4** that 34 years of ignorance.. of not knowing why I am so different from most people, and so similar to a few.

So.. this story starts with a night dream. That, for some -not vary clearly- reason, led me wake up declaring that my unborn (then) child was a boy and his name was Jason! Not I named him Jason. Somehow, it’s supposed that his name was already Jason.

I was only 3 weeks pregnant, so I have no idea how I was so sure about his gender, or how the name idea came about in my head. Well, Jason is a Greek name, Iason, that comes from the word ‘iasis,’ which means healing.

Now, looking back, I finally understand what the dream and his name mean. His autism diagnosis led me to research about autism, something that I would never do b4** and that’s when my struggles and differences where finally explained.

The w8ing* list was forever, and that was annoying, in a way though I needed that 3 years to prosses my feelings about autism and to be able now to embrace my diagnosis and talk openly about it. So I am grateful for the w8ing list, and mostly to the NHS.  Now I can final sing like Rebecca Bunch ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uic_3vlI5BE&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1siPWvcz6OJ2p99_TA88rRZG_eyUHDtRSwNC8MBusm1Oq7F5irNn6PkuU

Mostly though I am happy because now I can show to my children that they can be proud of their autism. They can have a normal life, with high goals, fighting the dragons of Chaos.. saving the Kingdome, love and be loved, go to university, have a family, go to Mars, the Moon.. whatever.

And maybe, just maybe.. my writings can help my contemporaries, both in the UK and in Greece.. to #normilizeautism, so the next generations autistics, my kid’s generation, will be included in the society without them having to fight for it.

P.S.I. I don’t think I can keep the one-post-a-day idea. Good think I never actually announced it. I will try to make a more study schedule soon, but I will post for now at least every 3 days.

P.S.II. Thanx for helping me again to channel my overwhelmingness, my dear future historian. I hope that you live in a more autistic-friendly society.

P.S. III. She also put me in a w8ing* list for an ADHD assessment.

 

*waiting

**before