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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 ?
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I need aswers
I feel like my fiance isn't allowed to feel emotion and that he has to be always here for me no matter what is happening, like he isn't allowed to have meltdowns or be tired and every fight that we have end up like me crying and him reassuring me, can anyone with ASD relate?
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Autistic diagnosis
I am sure I have aspergers or autism and have been tested years ago by the NHS service who thought I didn't have it but my husband and mum who have both worked with mental illness and autistic individuals think I do have it. Where else do you turn to for assessment or help?
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Sid the artist
I’m Susmitha Gadiyar,
mother of Siddharth who is a young man of 20 who has Autism, severe learning
difficulty, speech and language impairment, Epilepsy, ADHD, PDD and challenging
behaviours. Siddharth (Sid)
has always had a creative streak and knack for music and sports. Sid has always
liked to draw and colour on paper,…
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Newly Diagnosed with Autism
Hello, I haven’t been on here in a while but yesterday I got formally diagnosed with autism. I have co-morbid ADHD/ASD/GAD. Did anyone else sort of just know that they were autistic beforehand? Because I could sort of tell if that makes sense. Just posting to try and meet others with autism/adhd and hear stories of how you…
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Hate crime
Hi. I was wanting some advice or help please. I am the mother of two autistic young boys. I have one who's 5 and one who's 4. My 5 year old is in a mainstream school and my 4 year old is just starting at a specialist school. My 5 year old has now been at his school for over a year and absolutely loves the school, staff…
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Autism
My nephew has Autism, would like to know what I can do to help him.
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How to get diagnosed
I have a trouble with understanding but need a full test how will I get one
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Autosm diagnosis
Hi everyone, Brand new to all this sort of thing but felt if was the right time to speak to people that will be far more experienced than us. We have a beautiful daughter Darcey who is 6, she is kind, gentle and sees the best in anyone she meets. She was born by c section at 37.5 weeks however docs bebelived my placenta…
