{"id":85,"date":"2019-11-09T20:59:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T20:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2022-02-07T13:26:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T13:26:43","slug":"just-diagnosed-now-what","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/just-diagnosed-now-what\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#222a82;min-height:315px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1089\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-779\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/After-autism-Asperger-diagnosis-elephant-on-a-branch-desert-small-_-scaled.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 0%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 0%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/After-autism-Asperger-diagnosis-elephant-on-a-branch-desert-small-_-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/After-autism-Asperger-diagnosis-elephant-on-a-branch-desert-small-_-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/After-autism-Asperger-diagnosis-elephant-on-a-branch-desert-small-_-1024x436.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/After-autism-Asperger-diagnosis-elephant-on-a-branch-desert-small-_-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/After-autism-Asperger-diagnosis-elephant-on-a-branch-desert-small-_-1536x654.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/After-autism-Asperger-diagnosis-elephant-on-a-branch-desert-small-_-2048x872.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:50px\"><strong>Just diagnosed, now what?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2> Congratulations, you completed a giant step <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The short answers is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Take time to process and adjust to this new\nreality<\/li><li>Start building a positive autism identity, if\nyou have already not done so <\/li><li>Consider discussing it with other significant\npeople in your life<\/li><li>Research and consider very carefully whether to\ndisclose it at work, look at our employment section.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of research has demonstrated that building positive autism identity , understanding and acceptance of autistic differences and fulfilling and recognised contribution to society are key factors of autistic wellbeing and quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Autistamatic&#8217;s awesome videos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4>&#8220;Relief, grief and belief&#8221;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div style=\"height:800px;\" class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Autism Life: Feelings After Autism Diagnosis - Relief, Grief &amp; Belief -\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xUVneCSODMU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4>\u201cWhat Next?\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div style=\"height:800px;\" class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/clhPUTNgWqc\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4>\u201cMaking Autism Work\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div style=\"height:800px;\" class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Autism &amp; Society: Employment (Making Autism Work)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2sEQI6B-m28?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Blog by Autistic Phoenix<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/theautisticphoenix.home.blog\/2019\/10\/03\/my-autistic-charter\/\">&#8220;My autistic charter&#8221;<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stockvault-angel-cloud-hdr135254-free-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stockvault-angel-cloud-hdr135254-free-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stockvault-angel-cloud-hdr135254-free-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stockvault-angel-cloud-hdr135254-free-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stockvault-angel-cloud-hdr135254-free-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/stockvault-angel-cloud-hdr135254-free.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations, you completed a giant step The short answers is: Take time to process and adjust to this new reality Start building a positive autism identity, if you have already not done so Consider discussing it with other significant people in your life Research and consider very carefully whether to disclose it at work, look &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/just-diagnosed-now-what\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Marie","author_link":"https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/author\/marie\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":null,"rttpg_excerpt":"Congratulations, you completed a giant step The short answers is: Take time to process and adjust to this new reality Start building a positive autism identity, if you have already not done so Consider discussing it with other significant people in your life Research and consider very carefully whether to disclose it at work, look&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1865,"href":"https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/1865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ndsa.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}