5 things late diagnosed autistic people think are “normal”

Late diagnosed autistic people have often spent years or even a lifetime feeling different, misunderstood, or even confused about the nature of humans, relationships and/or about who they are and how "they are supposed to be." This discussion focuses on 5 common traits, things, that autistic people said, did or believed, things they thought were normal, or just who they were, which may be related to autism, and/or autistic traits which are found inside the asd critera. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-021-05186-3 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13623613261444797? https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10567-026-00576-4 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390155872_'It_Felt_Like_All_My_Friendship_Issues_Suddenly_Made_Sense'_The_Friendship_Experiences_of_Late-Diagnosed_Autistic_Women https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8419022/. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6070295/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10654545/ FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DR. KIM SAGE'S ONLINE COURSES AND FREE COURSE, THERAPY, ETC. https://www.drsagehelp.com Dr. Kim Sage on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/DrKimSage @drkimsage - Tik Tok. https://www.tiktok.com/@drkimsage @drkimsage IG instagram.com/drkimsage Online courses: drkimsage.thinkific.com SUBSTACK: https://drkimsage.substack.com/