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Any support would be appreciated as I have never done anything like this before. I have been incontact with assistance dogs international and asked how I become listed on their website. It is also worth noting that I have spoken to some of the organisations listed on the ADI website and during conversations with them it is plain to see that they know little of autism even though they say they will provide dogs to people with spectrum conidtions and seem to think that when you reach 18 you suddenly stop having autism. Sidious

Any donation would help LyndaLou. I would ideally like enough money in the account so that when someone requests a dog I don't have to say no to them due to lack to funds. I know I can't have puppies sitting in a filing cabinet, but to have the money availalbe to go looking for one for someone would make me feel so happy. I am currently trying to set up a bank account for the charity but it is more difficult if you are not a registered charity and to become a registered charity you need an income of 5K or more per annum. So far we have a £10.00 donation and two people are doing a sponsored walk for us. I must say I am impressed by people generosity as I don't personally know either of the people. Please pass the word around regarding this project. The more people that know it is there the better Take care Sidious

Thank you both for the comments. Donations will be just for providing the dog If the person does not have a suitable on. A good dog can cost quite a bit. Mine was £450 and that was cheap for a decent one. Other costs will be for the harness. I have bought one for my dog and that was £125 The dog jacket and printing £14.00 Initial vets fees -£45 for all initial innoculations Public liability insurance - Not sure yet how much it would cost for me to add another dog to the policy, but it has cost £65.00 to have a policy for my dog. We would have other costs like petrol to travel to see our prospective clients and admin costs like the website hosting. So far I have funded everything out of my own pocket. My pockets are deep but unfortunatly not bottomless. If any of you would like to help raising funds, please let me know. I took my dog around the shops last weekend and loads of people were stopping me and commenting on how beautiful the dog was and what sort of assistance he provides. Some people didn't believe that I had a spectrum disorder and my answer was that this is exactly why I am trying to address what can be called and invisible disability. I really hope I can help others and do something worth while with my life before I shuffle off this mortal coil

Hi All Following on from my previous post http://www.asd-forum.org.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/29569-age-discrimination/ I was still unable to find anyone who would help me with either training my puppy or offering me a new dog as an assistance dog. I decided to do something about it and I have started my own charity which will address the issue to adults with no physical disability being discriminated against. I have a number of business on board that will allow the dogs in my charity access to their premises. Our first dog jacket is at the printers having our logo printed upon it. Don't know if publishing links is allowed on the forum, but you can visit our website at www.paad.org.uk It is a very simple site as I am not a very good designer but at least I had a go. I hope that my charity will benefit others SidiousUK

Thanks Trekster. Biggest problem I have is that I am not considered "a child" as I am well over 18 and I also suffer from no physical disabilities. I did speak to one organisation and they said it would have to be one of their dogs and I could not use my own. I already have 2 dogs, one very old and my puppy so another pup would be out of the question.

Hi All, Been a while since I posted and the following may explain why. I recently bought myself a new puppy as the other dog is getting on a bit and is not going to last much longer. I have had dogs in my life since I was a baby (both pets and working dogs such as police dogs) and the pup and I are really enjoying our walks and weekend "dog club" It has suddenly struck me that the only time I am happy leaving the house is with the dog so I thought I would go and look for a way in which he can be registered as an assistance dog. Well - the age old problem (pardon the pun) No one seems to offer the assistance program for adults with autism. There are schemes for children with autism and you have to have one of their dogs and not your own. It occurs to me that no one with austism seems to be expected to live past 18 as a lot of services are not availalbe to adults. Blatant discrimination!! Any way semi-rant over. I was hoping that someone on the forums may be able to point me int he right direction in getting my pup registered as an assistance dog so I can go out more and to a variey of different places/shops Thanks in advance Sidious

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I am a firm beliver that the only person that helps you is yourself! And I am not going to start ranting about which age groups receives help and those that don't as I can't be bothered to expend the brain power

Hi Trekster It was more of a case of I was not giving the answer they wanted to hear so they thought if they asked the same question enough times I would somehow give a different answer. There was only one possible answer to the question. The individual concerned has a habit of doing this

We all have relapses occassionally. I had one very recently due to one idiot who just can't seem to listen to English. I even had to ask someone if there was something wrong with my speech as they were just asking the same question over and over again and I was giving the same answer - Which really annoyed me after the 10 time in a row! I'm not sure if you would class it as self harm, but I really, really felt like putting my fist through the wall!!!

I sometimes enjoy being with my friend and then go ages without contacting her.. My reason is that it seems to take me a long while to mentally recover from any interaction with people - Even her and I have know her for over 15 years. Perhaps your friend is the same. My friend has accepted that I have AS (diagnosed this year) and she just thought I was a little "weird"

I have sometimes thought great length about this subject and wondered why this happens. I can only comment on my case and it seems to be the following:- My life is all about finding solutions to problems. "Human problems" are something that I cannot seem to compute and the first "answer" that pops into my head is to do away with myself - Problem solved. But of the flip side, I am extremely stubborn, treat life as a game and I play games to win! As you can see, I am still here getting on with things but do my upmost to avoid "human problems/situations" @LancsLad @Sa @Raydon As always, thank you for your contributions and for being honest about your lives so far. To get others views on a topic is always helpful before taking any decision

They have done the right thing - shame it took them so long and kept the poor guy and his family hanging in limbo. I think that thanks to Gary, Aspergers is now more hi profile than it was before and he has helped others recognise their AS for what it is and sought a diagnosis

I have to agree with Rob as I sometimes have to bite my lip when I see a topic or when I post. One trait of my AS is a total lack of empathy, and at times I just want to say to people "get on with it" or "I am fed up of hearing about your kids" I originally came here to see if anyone could help me manage aspects of my AS by using their posts as examples and trying to do the same. I count some of the people here as "my digital friends" and I know that advise (whether I want to hear it or not) is never far away.

My father was a police dog handler so as well as having GSD's as pets I have had working dogs around me all my life. Even though I have picked up some training techniques, I still go to dog class mainly for the "socialising" aspect of things and so he knows how to react to other dogs. He is OK with them and today it was "2 against 1" which caused him to panic olus not being able to get back to me for protection. I now find myself forcing myself out with him. Many of the people I meet in the park as OK and they always ask if I am a policeman and if he is a police dog. Think from now on I am going to say yes and see how they behave with their dogs then ###### human beings!

Seems that the police change their tune depending on who you talk to. I am not being told that if another dog is attacking mine and I kick it in the head and it dies, the owner of the other dog can take a civil case out against me. I think in future I will put myself in the middle and wait for the other dog to attack me upon which point I will be able to defend myself I blame the owners and it is chav's like today that give staffies a bad name!

I've been trying to read the dangerous dogs act and you are right, it only seems to make mention to if a dog attacks a person or if a person feel threatened. I would like to apply the "Survival of the fittest" rule and my steel top-capped boots are stonger than a staffies head Many years ago, I actually had to kill a doberman that was attacking one of my dogs and me but the police said that it was OK as I was attacked and my dog (he was a fully grown GSD) was trying to defend me. Personally I would rather attack the owners than the animal and even if I were to ask them for their details so I could contact the police, I doubt I would be given the correct details. I always take my mobile with me so next time I think I will just call 999 and try to detain the owner as long as I can using "Reasonable force"

I have had a GSD pup before and lived with them all my life hence me choosing the breed as I know their quicks and body language. He is going to be a VERY big boy when he gets older but I need to protect him now whilst he is growning up We go to "dog school" every Sunday which we both throughly enjoy. But I feel I need to know what I legally do to another dog if it attacks him whilst he is too little to defend himself We will be going out for our evening walk later so I will be able to see how much this has affected him (probably affected me more than him)

Hello all, I bought a new puppy a couple of months back to give me an excuse to go out on a daily basis. We have just been for a walk in the park and were walking along the perimeter next to the stream. From half way across the field, a staffie and a lab came hurtling towards my little 4 month old German Shepherd and cut him off from me (being young, he doesn't stray that far from me when off the lead) and his only escape was an 8 - 10 foot fall into the stream. After a lot of frantic searching for him (we could not see each other) I managed to find him and fished him. The women walking the dogs (5 in total) still had not put the staff and lab on a lead and were waiting for us to come out of the stream. "They are friendly" was the first thing that came out of their mouths. I explained that my dog does not know they are friendly and they did not seem interested in playing, more like attacking as they had cut him off from any form of safety (main me) and no viable escape route. They then tried to get all 5 of the dogs they had to sniff my shaken puppy. I came home and called the 101 non emergency line to ask the police what I was legally allowed to do in the event of another dog attacking mine. Someone told me I can take any action necessary to get the other dog off mine and I should call the dog warden. So I called the dog warden The person I spoke to was far from helpful and just kept saying that they could not offer any advise and I should contact either a solicitor, the citizens advise or the police and I was not allowed to injur another animal if it was attacking mine. I told her this was at odd with what the police had said before they referred me to the dog warden. I now feel like I don't want to take him out for walks as I can't protect him without knowing what I can and cannot do if he is attacked. Obviously I know I cannot belt the living daylights out of the owner (as much as I want to) and I don't particularly want to hurt another animal but I would kill one if I had to but would I then get the RSPCA or police knocking at my door. I am also now back to square one of not wanting to go out thanks to a couple of chav's who had no intention on controlling their animals and I doubt they could have if they wanted to. Can anyone offer advise?

Not ideal, but I tend to limit my communication/interaction with bipedal carbon based lifeforms to the bare minimum. I find that if I am left alone to get on with things I am far happier than trying to figure out someones latest stupid action. When I am approaching meltdown, I usually try to imagine the best and nastiest way of getting rid of the person who has caused the meltdown. At the moment, that is the only way I can seem to cope

Just don't back off - keep pushing the medical profession. I had someone trying to help me out and they even wrote to my GP who just decided to ignore it. I ended up bypassing the GP as they were continually ignoring communication and I am not getting treatment

It sounds like you are trying to understand the policemans actions and not being able to. Would it help if you could make an appointment to discuss the "incident" with the officer in quesion and his superior officer? I find it often helps me calm down if someone actually explains why they did something

It is a bird? Is it a plane? Just for fun I was wondering that everyone would call themselves is they were a superhero and what their special power would be. I would me either Binary Boy or the Carbonator Special powers would be ability to melt peoples brains at will and ability to clone myself