I had informal diagnosis of Asperger's at 42. After spending most of my childhood zombied out on Ritalin for being "hyperactive", the dx came as relief. I could finally tie pieces of me together and learn to accept me for who I am. And I could finally allow me to be. I took the GADS scale - and was told I "meet the diagnostic criteria". What a revelation... I belonged somewhere.

I found Claire Sansbury's book "The Martian in the Playground" extremely useful. Claire has Asperger's and freely speaks about her childhood, along with others comments. I could have written a lot of the book!