trekster

Hi and welcome hope we can help.

Hi and welcome to the forum. I'm in my late 30s and struggling to get some post diagnostic support because they can't find my diagnosis. Been fighting the local Asd service for over three years now and it's getting ridiculous. You tried seeing if theres a peer support group in your area? I down Bristol way so unsure what there is in your area.

I had this problem at first with some of my family. I have found friends within the online autistic community, aspie village arranges regular meet ups in the UK. There is also the autscape organisation which run annual autistic led conferences. Are you in america? It's just this forum is aimed at UK people.

Sounds like he has an extreme form of animal hoarding type OCD. Ive just got on top of my hoarding and spending type OCD, now the clutter is in about 5 boxes which will take a while to get sorted through but at least im in a livable environment.

Yes it is a common combination ive got adhd traits and asd. You can also have dyslexia, hypermobility and identify as transgender and be autistic.

I am really pleased that this thread has helped you to realise who you are. i wish you luck in your transition, feel free to ask any questions you have about transitioning on here or via Pm to me. Recently i have been watching transformation street which although features mostly male to female patients has one female to male patient attending. The series is on channel 4 at 9pm on thursdays. Last monday the bbc 1 drama doctors featured a female to male trans character as well as a one off episode, it was very well written and portrayed.

I did my BPHil in autism at the University of Birmingham. It was done via distance education with two full study weekends a year. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/taught/edu/autism-children.aspx https://www.postgraduatesearch.com/university-of-birmingham/52993256/postgraduate-course.htm

hypermobility syndrome and eds and IBS can be linked to autism which can all cause bowel issues. Hope you manage to resolve the problem soon.

Sounds to me like she blocked you because you messaged her without permission. Thats reasonable behaviour on her part.

rarely have them to be honest. but used to live with someone who had them badly.

hello all I had a tough time at school, got 7 gcses B-C which im proud of and then took 7 years to get my A levels, another 7 to get my undergraduate degree and another 7 to get my postgraduate degree. i did other things though during my time at a university that didn't want me at first, disabled student of the year was one award, runner up social entrepreneur of the year was another and my graduation at my 3rd university last month. ive also set up my own support network for adults affected by autism and similar disabilities. We meet in a public place for cafe, cinema and pub groups and have just had out 7th Xmas meal. We set up a second group last April and already have 10 regular members. My volunteer work is enough for me to contribute to society, i do occasionally look for paid work, but struggle to get an interview and fill in forms.

First of all autstics are not selfie or rude (those are negative stereotypes about autism) and yes he does miss social cues and signals. The situation with his mum sounds like a typical example. unless he dates a girl into those sorts of things he is going to be stuck, but teaching him it's not appropriate is going to be difficult unless you get the mum on side. Are you in the US? It's just the services we know about are UK only based.

hope everyone manages over xmas, remember your identity is valid and you matter, only you know your gender identity. No one else can dictate to you who you really are.

Hello Im one of the volunteer moderators on here and am also autistic. For me eating lots of certain foods were actually making me worse. Gluten and all animal dairy was causing severe behavioural problems and stomach issues. Also self injury can be a way of redirecting physical pain, for me that was the case. Hope the assessment went well.

Great idea he can start by getting rid of the stereotype that we don't have empathy because his relatives showed this in the film.

There are other things we can do to make life easier for ourselves like finding autistic friendly spaces, going off gluten and dairy. There are some folk who believe chelation and other treatments can help their or their childs autism.

An excellent program well worth watching.

I tend to try and edit out anything that could be misconstrued as offensive from peoples posts where possible. So far only had one person go on a rampage against me as a result.

I'm going to respectfully disagree with you that condition is a better description to describe autism. I find it is likely to move services away from the fact that some of us still struggle to get the help we need. To dismiss autism as a condition like blue eyes is I fear is just denting the fact that autism can be a disability. Disabled by society is what I mean rather than us being defective. Haven't read neurotribes yet. I do run a neuro diverse support group in my spare time.

I've found some of the books aimed at partners of autistic/asperger folk to be quite offensive and downplaying. One of them was written by someone who invented 'cassandra syndrome' to describe non autistic partners who had developed autistic like behaviours to cope with their partners.

I don't mind, I just need a parent whose experienced in helping their autistic child navigate the education or other systems. I remember what school was like but I don't know how the special education system ieps etc works.

Under the post is there an edit button where you can click to change your posts.

Congrats, i got mine on grounds of physical health problems.

i dont understand your question, edit function for what? There is a thread about the new look website which would be the best place to ask.

Hello and welcome One book ive found useful is 'multicoloured mayhem' by jacqui jackson, it's about a mother of a number of different neurodiverse children. I hope you find the support you need here. Hoping to get a parent to help moderate the forum soon.