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Barney a house, A Family and a job as A Teacher had fought, before he was diagnosed as autistic

For most of his Life , Barney Angliss, in order to Fit in. At the age of 49, he had to finally understand The Diagnosis , which helped Him why.

As a child, he remembers His Family , so he has to go to a new school. "You thought I would be bullied to death".

Although he was good with words, he had very few friends, and by his own Admission - the lack of empathy and social skills.

by the time he had a home, A Family and a job as A Teacher to build a "catastrophic thoughts" were.

He felt more and more depressed and unsatisfactory, and his physical health also suffers with severe bouts of bronchial asthma, more and more, and more regularly.

Finally, encouraged by his wife, Barney saw, a clinical Psychologist and was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.

He says, makes sense all of a sudden his lack of social skills, his openness, and the constant search for order. "It's all explained my error. "

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"my whole Life I had wondered why I could never be me ", the other people, and you could never quite 'me," he says.

"You're a mystery" or "you're on another planet" were the taunts, which he already often.

For a long time, he thought, it had to do with the sent only to a child or a Boarding School , and an isolated childhood.

While he loved me, on maps, and read, about Railways, other boys taken to his awkwardness and lack of confidence on The Sports field.

As an adult, he found the social interaction of the hardware and small-talk at parties, is A Nightmare . He wondered why he could not read the feelings of the people and to show empathy.

'I felt like an alien'

But the pieces don't quite Fit - until he saw a TV show on autism.

"The stereotypical view That I always had, of autistic people is That they are disabled either very strong and can not communicate, or the huge computer geeks.

"But the people in The Documentary who seemed to be quite normal, always diagnosed, and the identification with them in so many Different ways, a revelation. "

Robert felt "great relief" after his diagnosis.

"I Finally had a name for The Thing , I felt like an alien for so long. I was finally able to stop feeling bad about others. "

As a child, Robert, just two of an unknown number of older adults who do not know much of her Life , why she felt Different , Different than other children

Barney and Robert.

With autism, first-born of the people, classified as a mental disorder in 1980, before they are diagnosed and then are gone, undiagnosed, or incorrectly.

Around 700 000 people are thought to have autism in the UK, and they diagnosed all the time, says Anna Bailey-Bearfield, policy and public affairs manager at The National Autistic Society.

"autism is often seen, which relate only to children, But more and more to see autistic adults who start on TV, and the people who represent themselves. "

But the impact of not knowing for 40 or 50 Years , "can be very traumatic," she let the anxious people feel socially isolated and.

The National leadership, to say That people should wait no longer than 13 weeks, But

'I couldn't move, on with Life '

In the Roberts case, it took 18 months, and the "to-ing and fro-ing, got calls and a lot of disappointments".

He finally went for a private assessment which Cost £1,900. "I just wanted it all done. I felt I couldn't move on with My Life . "

Robert is only a child

He was reminded exactly of The Day and answered questions for six hours.

"Many of them had me in search of long-forgotten Memories of childhood - of what textures I touch like That ? I

was The result of a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.

"There was Nothing More specific than That - there is too much confusion about definitions, as many specialists tend to now, with anyone," he says.

But The Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder later in Life , a mostly positive Experience ,

Barney says in his diagnosis has been unlocked, a Different version of yourself

Dr. Steven Stagg, interviewed nine people over the age of 50, found it "allows you To Let go, impossible, struggles, and reframe their self-identity".

For a person it was "a kind of Aha-Experience , when I realized it was my fault". To know for the other, the relief That it was," what is wrong or what was wrong".

But often there is great remorse.

For Barney, who was interviewed for the study, it was the realization That those who have suffered next to Him .

"When I think back, I can't believe I was A Teacher , not a very self-conscious, not able to communicate with people. "

And so, he says, he realized now, he was tense in a "stressful dad," his health had deteriorated, and relations.

His diagnosis of Asperger's was a Turning Point .

"is it enabled diagnosis of a completely Different version of me," he says.

The texture of raw fish is, loves everything Barney

He describes The Day he organized workers " struggle under a fellow school Teacher as a remarkable achievement, and there are others.

From struggling to make friends, he now has hundreds - and he is, although the communication sometimes strained, to be able to work directly with who he is.

Speaking at events, Organisation of festivals dedicated to specialist learning, writing, training and teaching about autism is now his focus.

Barney can now talk about what makes Him who he is.

fish and T-shirts

He loves the texture of raw fish, for example, and remembers always wanting to cut it for his mother.

"I have all my time for The Feeling in Him .

"the fish is a grain, so the chicken means. Depending on the way you cut it, The Feeling is Different . I just loved That . "

He also finds his shirts, reassuring, and refers to the "small herringbone weaving" is one That he is wearing.

It is one of 25 That he has, all the little details That he loves. Only, you know, make Him feel in control.

Robert is still with his diagnosis and what it could mean for Him - But he was very glad when a friend said she was "proud to be a neuro-diverse friend".

What is autism?

It affects how a person communicates with, and the relationship to other people, and how they Experience The World .

people with autism see, hear and feel The World differently than others.

do you find it difficult to:

A person can be very Different from the other, and require Different levels of support. Some also have Mental Health problems and learning disabilities.

and information about research on autism diagnosis as an adult.

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Source of news: bbc.com