Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi there,
Just wondering, does anyone else feel as though there is zero support out there? I have searched and searched including on this website and it just seems the only real support is for children, parents/guardians/carers of autistic children or severely autistic adults. I am high functioning autistic with a diagnosis in the past couple of years. It feels as though no one cares. Once I got my diagnosis there was zero follow up at all. Nothing. Is it not the people who have always struggled through life and never known why that need support? Of course children and severely autistic people need support, but it feels as though high functioning adults are completely left behind as if because we are high functioning we can cope on our own. I have been completely and utterly lost since graduating university with no direction and no purpose. I am one of the 88% of adults with autism who are out of work, but there is just no support to help those 88%.
I feel like I am slowly going insane and no one seems to care or want to help.
Am I the only one?
Sophie
Apologies and I don't want to take over this thread but yes I feel there is no support. I had a private assessment at the start of this year with an excellent report and recommendations but feel I'm left to fend for myself now. Now the world is starting to open up again, I feel I'm going back to square one. I've got this new knowledge about myself but don't know what yo do with it. I don't want things to go back to how they were. I did a NAS search of services in my area and unless you are a child, carer, parent, or someone with more severe difficulties there's no support. I'm thinking of starting my own support group.
I've felt quite low about it today really. You say we can cope on our own. I don't feel I can. People do care but I feel I need professional support and don't really know where to turn.