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Driving lessons and Provisional license for Asperger's mid 40s guy?
Above. I'll be 45 in April, and when I was 20 I had driving lessons in a manual car with the same guy who taught my older Brother, after 3 or 4 months of lessons he gave up on me and said I'd never pass a test though. I'd like to try lessons in an Automatic, and because I'm on enhanced rate PIP I believe I'd be eligible…
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Will the planned Mental Health Act reforms benefit autistic people? Have your say.
This week the government announced long-awaited reforms to the Mental Health Act. What is the Mental Health Act? The Mental Health Act (1983) is a piece of legislation used to assess, treat and detain people in mental health hospitals. What changes are being proposed? Following an independent review, the government have…
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What Can I Do To Make Things Right?
I am on the autism spectrum and have been bad last night and today. Last night I did not want to watch Dancing On Ice and I was told by my Dad in a stern manner to come downstairs to watch it to make my Mum and him happy. I take fluxoetine once a day and I am sure that that is the reason I have stopped emotionally reacting…
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Tv
Does anyone know if TV shows mind having people with autism on?
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I have a 6 year old with autism, I hope to get some advice
Hi everyone i am a mother of a 6 year old boy with autism. Although verbal he has a great amount of anxiety and cannot regulate his emotions. Hope to get some advice and support from here! Thanks x
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help and support for possible aspergers.
hello I’m Shane, im 24 years old who graduated in illustration at university and I’m trying to find my footing in the working world. Part way through university i heard more about autism and aspergers including the troubles and challenges that people can face being non neural typical. I’ve looking into it a fair amount and…
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Why won't my grandson's doctor give him the mental health support he needs?
Hi, My grandson is 17 and has aspergers syndrome .He is so unhappy and depressed and his doctor won't treat him .They refer him to camhs but they saw him a few times then discharged him.He got a place at college doing what he loves but is so depressed he won't go .I think he needs medication to lift his mood .Why won't his…
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My sister in law needs to be diagnosed.
A backstory: My sister was diagnosed at 18 years old with Asperger's after a childhood of "learning difficulties" and "not having emotional recognition, not being able to read a room". After years of emotional issues and misunderstanding of social norms once this was established it was a blessing. For the first time in 18…
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Language disorder making me feel down
Hi, I posted something similar a few months ago and really struggling with this at the moment. My language disorder is making me feel really alone at the moment and especially after 2020 I’ve realise just how down I feel about it. It really impacts my social skills and makes it so hard to make friends, I’m in my early 30s…
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3 year old ripping clothes
Hi everyone, I’m new here. My 3 year old is undiagnosed but going through the process at the moment. I use zipped back jumpsuits for him at night time as likes to take his nappy off and play with his ‘winkle’. For a while these have been solving the problem, however last night he ripped two jumpsuits and took them off that…
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Advice for learning difficulty.
Hi, , I need some advice. I don't know who to ask. I ve tried explaining it to my dad but he doesn't seem to grasp and understand it. Ever since I was a child I have mild learning difficulty. It really effects my understanding when reading and listening everyday. I had learning support throughout my education. I'm no…
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Online workshop for adult siblings of people with learning disabilities - 22 Feb 2021
The team at Sibs have organised a special online workshop to help the siblings of people with learning disabilities learn a new way to keep in touch with their brother or sister. The website explains the event will involve: For more details on the event, and how to register, visit this Sibs webpage.
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Picture stories to help people with learning difficulties cope with coronavirus
The organisation Beyond words have a produced a range of short picture stories to help explain what is happening with coronavirus to people with learning difficulties. To read these, visit this 'Coping with coronavirus' webpage and see stories about: * Having a coronavirus test * Having a coronavirus test at a…
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Undiagnosed language disorder
I think I have a language disorder as all my life I have struggled with communication and expressing my thoughts and describing things both spoken and written. I struggled with English and most other subjects at school. I’m in my early 30s now and started doing an online English course but really struggling with it. I…
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The joy of having disabled children
A tweet that went viral on Twitter recently was
started by Stephen Unwin (@RoseUnwin) who posted this photo of himself and
his son, Joey with the powerful and purposefully ironic caption, "So terrible being the dad of a learning
disabled young man." The picture, showing father and son in a warm loving embrace, challenged…
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hello, I have just joined. I'd like to know about listening books
I am an adult dyslexic that struggles when disorientated or stressed. I don't like software that is not intuitive. I tried to look up an old post about “listening books” but could not open the old discussion. Is this because I am new or just dim?
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Advice for a parent with a son aged 17 just diagnosed with autism
My son has just been diagnosed with autism he doesn’t go out he doesn’t have friends we don’t know much about it and I want to learn about autism to help him in life as I’m concerned he’s going to become depressed after this diagnosis he doesn’t socialise with people he won’t go out even tho as a family we try and…
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Late diagnosis
I was nearly 60 when diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome and am so proud to be different, I feel relieved to now know who I am and live my life to the full and not pretending to be someone else.
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Daughter with autism
Hi, I'm new here, hope everyone is doing ok thi evening. Wondered if anyone could help me please My daughter is 10 I've been fighting since she was 4 as I knew something was wrong with her. She wasn't able to speak until nursery (had to have speech therapy) even now she has extra help In school and is quite behind, anyway…
