Family with autism and dyslexia
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kath1
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Does anyone struggle to cope with family member who has autism
My husband has autism and my 14 year old daughter has dyspraxia some times I feel I'm all on my own my mum say I'm very strong sometime I don't feel it as iam a carer for them both and have bipolar my self
Anyone understand how I feel it would nice to know iam not on my own anyone want to chat would love to hear from you just so I don't feel so alone
Thanks Kathryn
My husband has autism and my 14 year old daughter has dyspraxia some times I feel I'm all on my own my mum say I'm very strong sometime I don't feel it as iam a carer for them both and have bipolar my self
Anyone understand how I feel it would nice to know iam not on my own anyone want to chat would love to hear from you just so I don't feel so alone
Thanks Kathryn
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Hello @kath1.
Welcome to Scope! If you have other questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
Have you contacted the NAS or not? They are the UK’s leading autism charity.
I have also tagged @SparkleSheffieldAutismAdvisors as they may be able to provide advice for you.
Also check out our autism forum
https://community.scope.org.uk/categories/learning-disabilities-and-autism -
Thanks will have a look thanks
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Hi @kath1 and welcome to the Community. It is nice to meet you and thank you for sharing with us. I am sorry to hear of you and your family's health struggles and can appreciate how difficult this must be for you at times. Please be assured that you are not alone with this and there will be other members of the forum who can relate to your experiences. You have been given very good advice so far and have done the right thing in reaching out to us on the forum as we are all here to support you. You will always find someone to chat to and it is a great place to meet new friends. Please keep in touch and let us know how you are getting on. If there is anything we can do to support/help you meantime then please just let us know. All the best.Winner of the Scope New Volunteer Award 2019.
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