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How do people with autism live in the UK?

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The fact is that I'm just a girl from Russia, and there is ABSOLUTELY NO help for autistic adults, and sometimes even children (unless they are mentally retarded). We do not have special educational institutions for them, jobs are not adapted for us anywhere. I can't get any help. I know that here, in Russia, I will not be diagnosed and will not be issued with a disability with which I could go to any job. So I want to move to Scotland in a few years, when I finish university and somehow earn enough money for a ticket, food, and a place to live. So please tell me all the information about how the diagnosis is made, disability (it is difficult for me to live in society and I can not solve many tasks without an accompanying person...), whether any benefits are prescribed, etc, because in my "home" country I will not receive any help.

P.S. I'm sorry if I wrote something wrong.

  • To be honest its really not so different here in the UK for autistic people. Getting a diagnosis is like pulling teeth & to get any benefits is harder still. There is no real support for adults or kids. As another poster pointed out too, with the UK being out of the EU you probably would struggle to get in anyway. Sorry I don't have more positive news. I speak as someone in her late 40's, still not diagnosed, unemployable & only on the bare minimum of government benefits. If I wasn't married I'd struggle. 

  • Why not try Ireland? Dublin is a cultured city and it's part of the EU, though you would be third country in either Scotland or Ireland, I suppose. 

    I'm based in Hungary, have been for over 20 years now, there is awareness of autism, saw a placard recently,  obviously part of a drive to create greater awareness of it. I really would not willingly out myself into a position where there could be stigmatising of any kind though. The time when this kind of understanding could have been of help would have been as an undergraduate.

  • Diagnosis in the UK (particularly adult diagnosis) seems to be dependant on exactly what area you live in as the NHS is funded differently depending on which town/city etc you live in. Disability benefits are given dependent on how they affect your life and whether you have disability related expenses to cover, you need to score a certain amount of points on a questionnaire. I am partially deaf but I don’t qualify for benefits because I can hear well enough with my hearing aids. With Brexit as well you’ll also need to consider whether or not you’ll be able to get a visa to live in the UK if you haven’t been offered a job in an area the government deem useful. It’s highly unlikely they’ll grant a visa if you’re looking to claim benefits and you may not be eligible until you’ve lived here a set amount of time. It’s quite hard to answer your questions about fitting in to society and specific help without knowing which challenges you have