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  • Autism >> Life on the Autism spectrum >> Women not in paid employment/education >> Neil and Catherine - Interview 55 >> Catherine wrote a letter to her mum saying she wanted to kill herself and had years of therapy before Asperger syndrome was diagnosed.

Catherine, 27, was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome when she was 23. She works part time as a volunteer gardener.
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