What To Know About An Adult Autism Diagnosis – Especially For Women

What To Know About An Adult Autism Diagnosis – Especially For Women

Although autism can be reliably diagnosed by age two, in practice, Dr Birgit Schlegel, a paediatric neurologist at Mediclinic Constantiaberg in Cape Town, says most children are only diagnosed around the age of five – and some not until adolescence or adulthood. “Later diagnosis often means the individual has lived for years with emotional, behavioural and social difficulties that were not properly understood or supported.” And, research suggest…