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Well about 2-3 years ago, I found I have AS.I have been wanting to help people like me, so now I am a personal care attendent for a boy with autism(for a month now).

Very cool.

It was rather upsetting when I found out, especially since I was misdiagnosed as ADHD as a child.

Was it upsetting that you have AS or upsetting that you didn't find out until now?
 
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Most in my family on the spectrum, including myself, were [mis-]diagnosed with ADHD first. The latest psych fad that I have been running into is to re-diagnose Aspergers as Schizotypal Personality Disorder, a lite version of Schizophrenia... Aspergers was originally given the diagnosis of Juvenile Schizophrenia, so it seems like a political tug-of-war is taking place (at least, in my neck of the woods).
 
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