ScienceGeek

I haven't had the chance to have a proper look around the site yet, but it does look a lot more accessible than previously.

Wow! Well done

I went to a mainstream secondary school, one of the biggest in Kent. It had many upsides and downsides, I was pretty much constantly bullied throughout my time there, there were a lot of misunderstandings and I did backslide quite a bit during the transition. That being said I am still friends with my best friend from secondary school, 15 years later. My achievements were pretty average but I was capable of a lot more, but I had a breakdown in the last couple of years of secondary and found it hard to cope with the environment there. I think if I had gone to the special school that a lot of family members went to I wouldn't have been challenged academically and would have come out with a lot less than I did in mainstream.

Would you be able to change worker if you are having so many problems?

Sunny here, but stuck indoors doing housework

Well most forums the etiquette is to put a little tag at the end of the subject title like [trigger] or something like that

Congrats Jaded and Suze

Hi Smiley, can you put a trigger warning on any posts mentioning self harm as others can find it triggering

I'm not sure what to suggest, I have the fear of flying insects and have since I was younger

I thought this one was a lot better. The feel of the program was a lot more positive, than others have been. Well done to them, they were fab. Em watched the last program with me last night and thought it was fab

Well done AJ!

I think that my original post wasn't well worded and gave the impression that this was a sudden change in behaviour. It wasn't, my response to stressful situations such as this has improved but it still isn't ideal. Up until a few years ago my reaction would be to run away, but I managed to get into the habit of hiding instead which isn't always helpful. I did however manage to deal with it that one time better by answering the door and telling them to go away, but I still got docked hours as they turned up and I sent them away (despite the fact that I had no idea they were coming). I have talked to my support worker though and he apologised for turning up unannounced and said that there had been a mix up with communication. We had a really good session and he is going to knock on the window instead of ringing the doorbell, just need to tell my other support worker to do the same

That's great news!

It wouldn't matter to me if someone was ASD or not, I try to treat everyone the same. I guess the only difference being that I can relax a little more as I'm not trying to be normal so much around people who are alike

Lol! Very true

Because just hiding isn't a good strategy and I get told off by my support and docked hours for that week.

Did exactly the same thing Diagnosis made absolutely no difference.

See another dr, they usually contact the GP for at least some evidence and if this one isn't supportive then it may well hamper the claim altogether. Also it helps to have a GP that is supportive and will do the necessary referrals.

It's a doorbell/entry system into the building so I need to press the entry phone to let people in. I'll email the housing association to see if it is changeable.

You would think so?! Surprisingly out of the 2 support workers that I have (one NAS and one mental health), the NAS ones have had the most misunderstandings so far. It doesn't help that it was a new worker so don't really know them that well.

Some constituencies had local and general election ballots, we only had general. The local ones tend to be every other year so if your constituency wasn't voting this year in the locals then you would only have had a general election ballot.

Don't forget to vote today!

Bwahaha! Now some of those really are funny

Autism wales has easy read versions of the manifestos If that helps at all.

We didn't have a dedicated room to go to that was a quiet room, but I found sanctuary in the library and also clubs such as IT club or science club that had hardly any people in them I don't think I would have made it the last few years if it wasn't for those places.