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Dyspraxia
Our daughter was diagnosed with developmental verbal Dyspraxia at 7 after 4years of speech therapy. She started school with an Educational Statement nearly 30 years ago. He teachers and other professionals who were involved in intervention all identified signs of Physical dyspraxia but the school would not invest in a…
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Innatentive ADHD diagnosis and IBS/Anxiety
Hello all! I've recently been diagnosed with ADHD, Innatentive type. This is after around 15 years of struggling with at first social anxiety, then anxiety related to IBS. The IBS and anxiety is still and issue for me. Often causing me to need time off work and causing me lots of stress in my day to day life. I currently…
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Buggy to wheelchair?
Hi all My son turns 7 next month. He is currently in a major McLaren elite, but he is tall for his age (his dad is 6ft 5) and he's beginning to outgrow it. He is capable of walking, but his buggy is his "safe space" He is a runner and we had a few close calls in the past where he ran into the road when not in his buggy. He…
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Hi, my name is DC_Mum! Advice for a 12 year old with high functioning Autism
Hi I'm Tash single parent with 12 year old with high functioning autism and learning difficulties. She masks everything at school and I get the behaviour at home. The problem I have that breaks me because I don't know to help is friendships. She's just started high school and made no friends. The children in out area don't…
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Autism?
Hi my daughter jasmine is waiting to be assessed by autism awareness jasmine is 9 years old she has signs of autism I'm so scared sometimes
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Autism/ASD Counselling and Psychotherapy
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Hi, my name is MandyE! 17 year old diagnosed with autism
Hi. I’m mum to 3, aged 35, 32 and 17. Youngest just been diagnosed autistic. I’m just trying to deal with the fall out of a newly diagnosed 17 year old. It’s hard for her to get her head around and i want to support her in a way that’s suitable for her age. (Basically she doesn’t necessarily want input from me!).
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Sustaining passion for a Writing Project with Autism and suspected ADHD?
Even this forum post feels exhausting to start writing and is giving me a slight headache, which I guess is one sign of where I’m at. I don’t have an official ADHD Diagnosis. However, I do have Autism, and am on an NHS Waiting List for an ADHD Assessment. I have lots of passions in my life, but my main life goal is to be a…
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Can we get help with energy costs? Daughter has OCD, and showers every time she goes to the toilet
Hello everyone. I need some advice please. I have an adult daughter who suffers from OCD which means she has to shower for at least 40 minutes every time she goes to the toilet. Her OCD is not officially diagnosed because she lied when she saw the doctor. As she is as adult I am not allowed to accompany her at the…
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Stimming
please I need a list of healthy stims
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Dyslexia diagnosed too late
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with dyslexia when I was 17 just in the second year of a levels. I didn’t receive much help in uni as I didn’t really acknowledged my condition. My ex husband used to laugh at me and call me stupid because of my bad grades. I felt so upset I cryed to my phchiatrist about it. I feel distressed…
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Need advice on adhd meltdowns
Hi my daughter is nearly 6 and has been displaying signs of adhd. She becomes so angry she screams and cries throwing things about sometimes. She slams doors and for the past 6 months been hitting me, pushing me and biting me. Her favourite word is “No”. Iam a single mum to two children and my other child has adhd and…
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Stim advice
I need a stim to replace my head flailing. It’s caused my neck to get severely inflamed and it’s been hurting for 6 months
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Anxious about assessment
Hello! I don't know if I have picked the right room to post this (please move if necessary) I just wanted to tell someone, out there, that I am awaiting my adult autism assessment - this Friday - and I'm feeling extremely nervous and worried about it all. Following the assessment I am going to make an application for PIP…
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Hi, my name is manisa! Thoughts on ABM therapy for autistic children?
My son has autism, can this ABM therapy help him with his development? Has anyone experience using this therapy for autitic children please can you share your experience. Thanks
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Hi, my name is Lauren. would like to connect with people for help with my petite mal epilepsy
I'm 28 and would like to connect with people for help with my petite mal epilepsy that iv now had since I was 16. Well let's say I'm a little fed up as I'm still not controlled with my seizures 😔
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Can i really have aspergers officially diagnosed but don't think i have it
Pls excuse my bad grammar, i am not a native english speaker. This will be a very long post so i apologize in advance. Hi, i wanted to ask for advice on this forum about the issue of autism/aspergers, and whether i can really be affected by that "disorder" when i have multiple traits which seem like the very opposite of…
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15yo DD diagnosed ASD yesterday
My 15 yo daughter got her ASD diagnosis yesterday. I feel like celebrating but I'm not sure that's appropriate! She seems happy about it, my husband less so as he seems to see it as some sort of affliction she will never be rid of. I don't really know where we go from here, is it just a case of keeping an open dialogue…
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I am at my wits end. No idea what to do anymore.
My son is 6 and seems like he has a split personality. At home, he listens and is very good. Always kind, polite.. completely different to how he is at school and around children. When we go to soft play, he always (and I mean always), cries saying X and Y are horrible, X is playing with Y and He does not want him to play…
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Dealing with nerves as a autistic person, eye contact and making friends
Hi everyone. I wasn't sure which category to put this post in so I've put it in here. I'm a guy in his mid thirties with autism and dyspraxia. I recently made a big mistake with a neighbour (and I think she's a friend but I'm not sure - more on that below) which I feel really bad about. I'm planning to apologise to her the…
