Experiences with

Autism

I have suspected autism,I’ve been to the docs about it and nothing has been put in place to help me at school. How can I access support for autism stuff in school

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I ´ve been recently diagnosed with ADHD ( but without hiperactivity ) and Autism. Anyone here in the same situation? Can you share your story? What are the characteristics for this dual diagnosis ? Do you recommend trustworthy websites, instagram pages etc for this matter ?

Is self diagnosis of autism accepted here?😶

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among people with autism.

I wrote to doctor list of neurological issues since TBI as wanted to see neurologist ,he called me back to say he believes my symptoms correlate more with autism so put me forward for assesment ,females present a lot differently in autism so fly under the radar as was previously believed that only males

All of the 600 samples from people with autism were functionally B12 deficient! And this seems to be caused by functional B2 deficiency. I need to look into this. Sharing the link above for anyone interested.

I took a casual look at autism signs, and since I've always had a pretty healthy social life, and am very good at recognizing microexpressions and social cues, I thought "well, that doesn't really describe me." Until I took an autism spectrum test.

I believe my adult son has struggled all his life with social interactions things have become more apparent as he has gotten older and is coping living on his own how do I know how to help him?

Regardless of the autism traits? Just curious 🤗

Has anyone had a beneficial experience requesting accommodations or letting employers/coworkers know about your autism? At what point in your job did you let them know and how?

I want the understanding but I also don't want to have to go into the embarrassing details of how autism impacts me so that they understand.

Hi all My step daughter is 17 and recently moved in with my partner (her Dad) and I permanently after her mum sent her away. Four months on we are encountering so many problems, particularly her inability at a high level to understand our feelings. She has no empathy at all. She’s withdrawn, works

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Are ther any volunteering opportunities within you organisation ,that may assist me better understanding autism and allow me to contribute to your work

I was also just diagnosed last year with autism and ADD inattentive type and intellectually disabled. My psychiatrist told me its all ties to the FAS and the autism and ADD and intellectual Disability.

Hi I am mum to a 22yo with high functioning autism who is currently not in education training or work following burnout last year. Am tentatively looking at opportunities for him as he is slowly coming out of other side......

Anyone else struggling has I see others and what they say about grief but I thing some with autism grief different I no I and my family are.

We are also new to the autism world so we really don’t have the right parenting skills. Any and all advice appreciated!!