Autism/Depression

Biblioklept left a week ago. It was a very unfortunate misunderstanding (not to do with any members). Myself & others liked her enormously; she's kind, bubbly, had put up interesting posts; just a totally lovely person who's left.

I'd wondered which neurodiverse women you'd seen had left the forum @WhatThe ? I suppose having got to know Biblioklept she was the one that mattered to me enormously. Not forgetting @66Mustang who has been kind enough to call me a friend, & has stayed away from the forum for way too long. Like Biblioklept he also made some very interesting posts, & I miss him on the forum too.

I do tend to read through most of the posts, but of course don't expect anyone else to do the same, nor do you have to answer my query.

I just want/hope us all to be there for each other. It honestly doesn't matter to me if someone is neurodivergent or not, but seeing your posts, I can only hope I'm being there for everyone & learning from you.

My son was referred to see a neuropsychologist about 20 years ago due to his memory problems, it was then that he was told he was 'next door to Asperger's.' My neighbour told me just over a year ago that she'd thought my son was on the autistic spectrum as her husband had been diagnosed with autism some years previously & she could see similarities in my son.

My son is now 38, & I've seen his struggles throughout his life, & his strengths! We're incredibly close, & he gives me great insight into many things. His Dad is dyslexic, as is my eldest daughter. I have an inkling about neurodivergence, even if I haven't personally experienced this as I've been there for my children when their Dad wasn't.

Just trying to say, I have a little understanding, & have learnt more from Biblioklept & 66Mustang & some of you too. I value you all, but don't want to see any division between us; all of our members are disabled in many ways, tho some of our neurodivergent members may have understandably felt some neurotypicals didn't understand them, some of us want to be there for you all regardless.

I don't know how better to put this, but this forum is here for us all, & we should work together, not make divisions between ourselves.

I have always had a pretty sensitive gut although it's better now than it was when I was a kid. My mother blamed a bad bout of gasterenteritis I had as a small child but now she thinks that might have also been connected. There doesn't seem to be any medical research into this, however. Unfortunately there's way more research money still in social behaviour aspects and normalisation rather than all the various medical questions that keep cropping up around autism and the spectrum in general :/ Maybe one day.

Thank you means a lot