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Funding
Does anyone know where you could get funding to improve your cognitive skills if you have severe learning difficulties?
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Asperges and lockdown
I've been practicing 63 years for this being not very sociable
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Online club night for people with learning difficulties - 6 November 2020
Do you wanna get your groove on and meet new people this Friday night? Well, check out the Beautiful Octopus Club Night taking place on Zoom between 7pm to 10 pm. The Beautiful Octopus website tell us that you can: So get your glow sticks at the ready and check out the website linked above to party on down.
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Sensory overload advice?
I'm currently going through diagnosis so I don't know much about things at the moment. I was hoping if anyone had any advice about dealing with sensory overload? For me it's visual and auditory based
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Letting people know on the telephone
Can I please share with members of the community that during telephone conversations or interviews I now let them know that I have autism and this obliges them to take this into consideration because such conversations are not always easy.
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My son has ASD and is very high functioning, I worry what his future will look like
My Son is Asd (Aspergers) he is not statmented as he is very high functioning, but he has terrible anxiety often resulting him being sick ,he is 15, I can't find anyone to help him to chat about it and I worry what his future will look like
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"Being dyslexic can actually be a big advantage"- Dyslexia Awareness Week 2020
It's Dyslexia Awareness Week this week, so I thought I’d write a little bit about what
dyslexia is, how it can be a strength, how it’s portrayed in the media, and
what support there is available for those living with dyslexia. What is dyslexia? The following information has been taken from the British Dyslexia Association…
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So anyone here Gay and Autistic?
I like men. Sometimes I have experienced attraction to certain women. But most of the time I like guys? Is anyone else gay and autistic?
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Help with autistic son who wont try new food
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can help or give me some ideas or strategies. My son is 5 and autistic. The variety of foods he would eat was quite good and slowly over the years and more recently the different varieties of foods he will eat is getting smaller. The foods he used to eat he now says taste bad, he point blank…
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How to help
Hello, I have a daughter 6, who is currently on the pathway for an autism assessment. The last week my daughters meltdowns have increased, and she often says shes worried about school. (For context she didnt do well going into school, academically she was fine but she hated going in. I often had to carry her past the…
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Panic attacks
I've been having panic attacks over everything lately. I don't know how to stop them. Just watching tennis and suddenly I'm panicing and I don't know why.
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Unacceptable waiting times
Hello Everyone, Over the past three years, I have been struggling with the waiting times for an adult autism assessment. I was put on the list in Manchester in October 2017 when I was a student and I felt completely let down by the trust who made me wait for three years without a word, in the meantime, I struggled with…
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Not being able to accept myself
Hello Everyone, I would not normally open up like this but I feel like at the moment I need to because I feel very alone in this issue. I found out that I could have Aspergers 3 years ago and I have been fighting ever since to get a diagnostic assessment through the NHS (I cannot afford private I'm afraid) which I have…
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Children attending school after summer hols
hi everyone.. apologies if this topic is elsewhere if so maybe the moderators will place it in the proper forum. My grandson is autistic. He is 11. A lovely lad amd very smart. On august 25th he will begin what we call BIG SCHOOL here in Belfast. Its frifhtening enough for kids moving onto big schools but with covid around…
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Pediatrician
Hello New to the community - I contacted Scope today as I needed some support as I feel my son's Pediatrician is not following procedures (ASD questionnaires not being passed to ASD team after over a year) I spoke to a very helpful lady and was advised to follow NHS complaints procedure and to check out the community.…
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Need advice about a neighbour
Hi everyone! I am sorry if this is not an appropriate place to come to with this but I just need some advice about my neighbour who I believe may have autism and seems to be non-verbal. The boy/man makes a lot of noise (not a complaint) but sometimes his screams are so loud and sound like he is in pain and I become…
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Is It Worth It?
Hi. Does anyone have any advice for dealing with someone that will not accept that they were in the wrong by letting me get in trouble for their mistake? I go told off for supposedly leaving a window open after a shower, I was sure I had but doubted myself briefly because I sometimes do things on autopilot and did not want…
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Marriage problem solutions
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Adult autism diagnosis
I have bipolar and have been told by many friends and therapists that I have traits like a person with autism I'm just wondering what's the best way to go about getting a diagnosis??
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I did a bad bad thing...
I have done two things that are wrong because my autistic brain has told me to do and it will be fine, but it was not and I am very sorry for it. The first one that my sister needed colouring in paper because she did not have any and would need something to do to whilst being off the wi-fi (she was not allowed to be on…
