The freedom of rediscovering yourself after a late-in-life autism diagnosis

There's growing evidence that autism presents differently in girls and women, which means it often goes unrecognised until significantly later in life.For many women, the realisation lands when they're parenting a child through neurodivergence and starting to notice similar traits in themselves.So how does it feel to spend decades thinking you're just the odd one out, struggling with things that other people seem to find so easy, and then suddenly find an answer that explains everything?