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Presumably, when they are diagnosed they are told. It also depends on how severe the autism is. If it is a mild case, just to do with socialising, they know and usually understand. If it is very severe, like if they cannot talk, then they probably don't know, or understand.

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They generally begin to realize that there is something "different" about them at an early age, but they probably won't know the name of their condition until their parents tell them (if they are diagnosed early in life) or when they are diagnosed (or learn about the condition on their own and are able to identify with the symptoms).

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12y ago

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They know because they think they're different from others and if they start to learn about this disease, they might know the symptoms and they know what they've done. A lot of them find out they are different from others when they usually the ages between 4-6. Also, presumably they are told when they are diagnosed as autistic.

NoIn certain cases of highly-visible autism, the affected person is not entirely aware of or able to interact with other people. So their status as autistic probably would not affect them or be something they are aware of.
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I don't know whether they are aware of their exact condition, but my son who has high functioning autism, sometimes, points out things that he does that is different to his younger brother. For example, my 5 year old with autism is still in nappies, his 3 year brother is fully toilet trained, sometimes my autistic son asks in fewer words why he is in nappies and his brother isn't....... I don't know whether that answers your question but I hope it helps! Well I think it depends on the severity of the autistic person. I met a girl who was perfectly aware of the fact she was autistic, but my autistic brothers wjho are both really severe don't have a clue.

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13y ago

Yes they can know they have it. I know I have it.

They do not necessarily know that they have Asperger's Syndrome. They might not know what it is. They might realize that they have difficulties in some areas or that they are "different", but not know the reason for it.

Asperger's Syndrome is still not a well-known condition. Since awareness is so low, and the symptoms of people with Aspergers vary so much, it is quite possible to have AS and not be informed enough yet to recognize the condition.

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An autistic person knowing that they are autistic depends on their level of comprehension. Some autistic people have limited comprehension and they may not be able to comprehend that they are autistic. Others may be able to understand that they are "different" but not really understand why, whereas others know they are autistic and can explain their autism.

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Yes - we are seeing significantly higher numbers of people being diagnosed now because of increased awareness of autism, this means more older people ar elearning that they may be autistic where as previously they had not known.

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9y ago

Yes, it's very common for a person to be autistic and not even know. Many people don't know they're autistic, they only know that they're different in some way. This is one reason for an increase in diagnosis, because increased awareness of autism means that more people know what Autism is so can discovered that they may be autistic and thus seek diagnosis.

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Yes - if we are self-diagnosed then we will know, if we have an official diagnosis we're normally told. Even before diagnosis most of us know that we are 'different' from our neurotypical peers even if we don't know exactly why or how we are different. Those who are severely effected may or may not know they're Autistic depending on how aware they are of what is being told to them.

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Whether an Autistic person knows they're Autistic or not depends on a few factors.

For example many people do not know they're Autistic until they're older because autism wasn't widely known about in earlier decades - for example I knew I was 'different' but didn't know I was Autistic until my mid twenties and wasn't diagnosed until my late twenties, my partner is Autistic but didn't get diagnosed until he was 40 years old. Many people will never get a diagnosis and will never come to know that they are Autistic. There will of course be Autistic people who may not be aware enough of the world around them to know that they are Autistic even if they are told outright.

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