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ABC News(NEW YORK)  When many people think of autism and an initial diagnosis, they think of children. A growing number of adults are learning they have autism, and their condition has gone untreated for years. "The Bachelor" star Demi Burnett, 28, sat down for an interview with "Nightline" co-anchor Juju Chang to reflect on how she said her diagnosis last year put her life into perspective. "It s not like there s a specific social interaction," Burnett said. "There s just this feeling of, anxiety of I need to put on the show. " Burnett first found stardom on ABC s "The Bachelor," and later "Bachelor in Paradise," but behind the scenes she was grappling with a crippling social anxiety she could never understand. For years, she says she "performed" her way through the anxiety, doing her best to mask it from others. "It s a performance to save your life though, because, like, it s necessary," Burnett s

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