Journal of Educational & Psychological Research(JEPR)

Independent Scholar, New Zealand

Publications

• Review Article   
  From Confusion to Coherence: Late Recognition of Level 1 Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Reconstruction of Identity
  Author(s): Bruce H Knox*
  
  Late recognition of Level 1 Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often transforms a lifelong narrative of perceived deficit into one of coherence, self-understanding, and adaptive possibility [1-4]. This paper integrates clinical literature with extend- ed lived experience to examine the cognitive, emotional, and social consequences of undiagnosed ASD across childhood and adulthood. The narrative highlights the interplay between expressive language difficulty, social misinterpretation, educational mismatch, and compensatory masking strategies [3-5]. Diagnosis in adulthood is reframed not as a begin- ning, but as a reinterpretation of prior experience, functioning as a therapeutic cognitive realignment [4,6]. The findings suggest that delayed recognition contributes to psychological burden, while subsequent understanding enables identity reconstruction, reduced self-blame, and more effective.. Read More»
  

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