Late diagnosis and employment
Growing up, I didn’t reach my developmental milestones. My worried parents took me to see a psychologist. After the assessment, she told my parents I’d never be able to write my own name or tie my shoelaces – had she asked, she would have known that I could already write my name. Needless to say; my parents were put off seeking help for a while after that. I wasn’t given much help in school, as there were more ‘problematic’ students.
Due to not having guidance on socialising I was bullied and had a breakdown, I wasn’t in any fit state to concentrate so I would go to school and sometimes be there for morning and afternoon registration but skip the lessons and sit out of the way reading women’s magazines. I missed so many classes that I didn’t initially obtain the required 5 GCSEs. This brings me to an important point: secondary school is frequently when children notice people who are a little ‘d