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What aspects of daily life do you find most challenging?

—TOM—
8 months ago

Hi all,

Hi all,

I was diagnosed with autism 3 years ago as a 30 year old man and at that time I had a decent quality of life, a good job, a great social life and wonderful home life. However even with this life I ended up with quite severe depression which after a while resulted me in receiving the diagnosis of having autism. It’s obvious now that throughout my life I was continuously masking just to get through each day and to survive so to speak.

Now that I’m more aware about myself and allow myself to be truly me, I find it extremely difficult to be happy sometimes which may be the case for some of you also. I particularly find it difficult in gaining employment once again which is more suitable to my needs and also being social making friends who accept me for how I am and for who I am.

With this in mind I’m genuinely curious to see what is the biggest issue you find or struggle with as an autistic individual?

Thank you for taking to the time look at this and hoping your having a good day!

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  • 8 months ago

    Interactions with services, such as the NHS, housing, utilities, etc. There seems to be zero flexibility in communication methods (no phone, no service) and no willingness to explain things in a different way for me or understand my needs. I also cannot for the life of me figure out how to verbally give information to a neurotypical person and have them record it accurately.

    No issues with making friends or socialising - I just hang out with other autistic people.

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  • 8 months ago

    Interactions with services, such as the NHS, housing, utilities, etc. There seems to be zero flexibility in communication methods (no phone, no service) and no willingness to explain things in a different way for me or understand my needs. I also cannot for the life of me figure out how to verbally give information to a neurotypical person and have them record it accurately.

    No issues with making friends or socialising - I just hang out with other autistic people.

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