Hi, my name is Velma!

Velma

Hi I'm here as a carer and Mum to my son who's autistic with schizophrenia ,quite lonely ad try to get him to join as well

janer1967

Hi and welcome to the community Feel free to join in or ask any questions 

Sandy_123

Hi @Velma welcome, there are plenty of us to natter to here, join in with the topics.  

Alex_Alumni

Hello @Velma welcome to the community, thanks for reaching out. 

You can explore our Autism and neurodiversity and Children, parents and families categories to find discussions you might be interested in joining.

To get to know our members you can head to the Coffee Lounge, which is more for casual chat and games. And to just have a browse of everything our members are chatting about, go to Categories.

Do let us know if there's anything you need help or advice with, we're here to support you

Alex

L_Volunteer

Hi @Velma

Welcome to Scope’s forum. It is great to see you have joined us. How are you today? 

I hope you know we are here to support you and your son. Is there anything in particular that you want support with? Or just the loneliness?

Either way, we are here for you. I think we are a supportive and friendly community and I hope you will find the same! I can see some of our wonderful community members have already greeted you.

Take care for now and I will look forward to hopefully hearing from you again soon! 

Tori_Scope

A warm welcome to the community from me too @Velma How are you finding the community so far? 

I was just wondering whether your son was receiving enough support to help him manage his schizophrenia at the moment? 

He'd be welcome to join too, of course! Many people experience loneliness and isolation, and online communities can be a good way of easing those feelings as well as helping people to gain confidence in having conversations and finding people who have similar interests to them. Does he have any particular interests or hobbies?