Alex was told by her GP that she needed to be careful who I told about my autism
Alex Heron, 25, from London, was diagnosed with autism aged 16 but advised to keep it a secret at the time. She tells OK! how living with autism has made life difficult, triggering meltdowns and anxiety, but says she’s has finally 'found her place'.
I was diagnosed with autism at the age of 16 - and hated it. My only experience of autism was Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory, who has amazing mathematics ability, and people in the community who needed an enormous amount of support. Neither felt like me. The school didn’t believe I could pass my GCSEs but my mum fought for me. I was helped by my grandfather, who bought all the syllabus books and tutored me. I got 14 As.
I was asked to talk at a photography show where I met the photographer Rankin, who was also speaking at the event. I’d actually studied him in school! A lot of autistic people talk about masking, where you learn to fit in by trying to hide your traits and be more like non-autistic people. Masking had become so much part of my life, I didn’t always know how much was really me and how much I’d fabricated just to fit in.
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