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Autism and Housing
I was wondering if anyone would be able to give me some advice. I currently rent my home from a housing association, we live in a two bedroom house (myself, partner, teenage daughter and four year old son.) My son has Autism, Global Development Delay, Sensory Processing Disorder and Hypermobility. Our house is far from…
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Adults with ASD
I'm 58 now, found out I was on the spectrum earlier this year. Saw a school psychologist back in the 70s coz I was disruptive, got into fights, got bullied, didn't fit in with the other kids etc, but IT GOT MISSED! So all these years later, feeling like an alien from another planet, as I'm not 'like other people' I now…
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Speaking in Code
Why is it so difficult for NT's to understand that I get upset when I am told we are going out at 10.30, I will be ready in 10 minutes etc. Then keep me waiting 40 minutes. I just don't get it why they don't think that's a problem to someone with Aspergers! ?
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How can I deal with my emotions better? Aspergers
I suffer really bad asperger's and often upset people how can I deal with my emotions better
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help
We have two children, a boy who is 12 years old he was dignoised when he was in recption at his primary school with dysprixa and he has also been dignosied with global development delay and on the border of add, and was affected with sodium valproate when he was little as I had to take it as I have got epilspy and had it…
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Can’t cope with my sons anger
My son has recently been diagnosed with ASD and SPD. He is 5 and has been a challenge since birth, anger being the main issue. I don’t know where to start with his diagnosis or how to get help, I can’t cope with his behaviour any more it’s destroying me
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Waiting for a autistic diagnosis for my 16 year old son.
I don't know how to handle this please help I'm a single mum. ?
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Strategies for communication & boundaries for an adult parent with autism/ asperger's
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could offer any advice. My mum told us a couple of weeks ago that she has a high suspicion that my dad has Asperger's with Pathological Demand Avoidance. She had been at some autism training which was led by a gentleman with Aspergers & recognised a lot of what he was saying with my dad. She…
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Struggling with a violent adhd autistic child
Hi I'm new here I'm really struggling with my daughter shes 10 but mentally 3 I have no support and social services and Chad have said I'm doing all I can and nothing they csn help us with ciams won't medicate her she barely sleeps abd is violent to me and my so x
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My beautiful autistic adult son
I just need to offload please. I don't expect help but just to share my story. My son is 24. He was my first child but from the day he was born he was different. He never stopped crying; had a super human energy and hallucinated. My now ex husband and I adored him. He didn't sleep and we took it in turns to walk miles in…
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My son tear's his nails off his feet and hands, and suffers from anxiety.
Hi my son is 16 year's old he has medium to severe Autistic spectrum disorder, ADHD, and ODD, he has IBS as well. He has been tearing his nails of his hands and feet for year's i have tried to stop him by talking to him but he still does it. If his nail is a little bit not the way he likes it he will rip it off. He has…
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Our daughter
Hi all, We have 2 children a boy and a girl both have global development delay my son also has despraxia and border line add, plus a little bit of sodium valproate. My daughter has global development delay but worse than her brother, she has also got sodium valproate and other special needs but we are still trying to work…
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Learning difficulties being a community memeber
how can give something back to my local community by meeting new people and talking to them about my complex needs.
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Son won't leave bedroom
Hi, I'm new on this site with a newly diagnosed ASD son aged 16. Before the diagnosis, my son hated school and was frequently absent resulting in me home schooling him, which worked out well and he achieved 4 GCSE's. Post GCSE's he doesn't know what to do and I don't know how to help him. He recently started a college…
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Advice
Hi my son was told he could wait 1 year and a half as he’d waited this long now aged 28 I then paid privately he was diagnosed with adhd and Asperger traits and dislexia not diagnosed I changed my doctors after that doctors comment this doctor said three months to wait for adhd referal to Cambridge after 4 months said 6-12…
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Late or impossible ! diagnosis for my 17 yr son any advise out there ?
Hi, just wondering if anyone else is out there trying to support there child through collage with out ( but needed diagnosis of autism) is it too late for him ! Any advise welcome at this point :)
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Asperger and adults
Hi I am new here we have a 19 year old daughter with Aspergers. We have always managed to deal with her meltdowns with friendships being the worst. We have always allowed her to be independent she has managed to pass her driving test. Found herselfe a boyfriend that she had for just under a year. He has decided he cannot…
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Diagnosing learning difficulties
Hi I am 25 year old man who was moderate learning difficulties how would I go about getting diagnosed.
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I keep getting fired
I am a web developer. I have mostly worked with startups with little or no HR in place. Every time I disclose I am on the autistic spectrum, I get fired. It usually starts with my disclosure, then they start talking slowly to me, then they won't believe I've understood things and there is just no getting through to them…
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Hello I'm looking for PDA adults to talk to.
Hi I'm Alan I'm looking for PDA adults to talk to. Not many about Thanks ?
