The quiet grief of being late-diagnosed Autistic, that others don’t see For many late-diagnosed Autistic people, the diagnosis itself can feel like someone finally handing you the missing manual to your own brain (or at least how your manual differs from others!). Suddenly things that once felt like personal failures begin to make sense. Sensory overload, burnout, difficulty with social expectations, the need for structure, deep focus, intense empathy, exhaustion after maskin