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autism

Late autism diagnosis answers a lifetime of questions

Posted on August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 by FCBDD Communications
Tom Gisler, a man with gray hair and glasses, sitting in front of a painting

For almost all of his life, through childhood and adolescence and well into middle age, Tom Gisler had no way to understand why he felt so different. When he finally was diagnosed with autism, he was 59 years old. “Turns out I wasn’t lazy, I wasn’t stupid,” Gisler, who’s now 63, said with a smile. …

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Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities
2879 Johnstown Road, Columbus, OH 43219