How I Found Out I’m Autistic: 10 Powerful Stages

Everything You Need To Know On How I Went From Denial to Acceptance

Shamiha Said
ArtfullyAutistic
Published in
7 min readApr 22, 2024

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It’s safe to say that realising I’m autistic was a ‘canon event’ and completely uprooted and transformed my life. Before the age of 26, I had no idea that I was autistic and didn’t even consider that it was a possibility. Instead, I ignored my gut instincts that I was…

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Shamiha Said
ArtfullyAutistic

10x Top Writer🏆& Number One Writer for Autism on Medium. Spreading Neurodiversity awareness one article at a time.