“I got the letter through, saying I scored 18 out of 18 autistic traits, and I had Asperger’s,” Adams says. Might he have autism?’ An adult couldn’t go to a child and adolescent clinic, so where were they meant to go? Most of the terms used to describe autism don’t do justice to the nuanced, complicated traits bound up with it. Only 16% of adults diagnosed with autism in the UK are in full-time, paid employment. You came into the world with autism, and the way the world reacted, or didn’t react, to you has led to a second problem, which is depression.

Source: The Guardian November 19, 2016 09:00 UTC