Can you get autism later in life?

[Anonymous]

[ChicoFromThe305]

Yea but it's not called autism, it's call brain damage or brain related injury, which have many ways of immobilizing you, autism is for people born with deformalities, mostly in the brain, I believe brain injuries can cause similar results, it's just the fact it's not from birth that changes the name but I don't know

[itsannalee]

Nope, autism is something you’re born with. It’s is a neurodevelopmental condition, meaning the brain is wired that way from early development. It doesn’t suddenly appear at age 20, 30, 40, etc. But many people only discover it later. So you can realize you’re autistic later in life, or symptoms can become more noticeable as your life changes.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

No, you’re born with it, but diagnoses can come later in life rather than early on, especially if you’re a woman

[jahaims]

You are either born autistic or not

[Twalli]

No, it's genetic. You either have it or don't.

[shortster]

Diagnosed, yes; contract, nope.