Published on 12, July, 2020
I really wanna connect with some other autistic people on here who also have autistic children.
It seems like most people on this forum are either here for their own autism or their kids autism. There doesnt seem to be many with both
I am autistic and so is my son. Sometimes its great because I can understand him and communicate with him in a way no one else in the family can and we have that amazing connection.
And yet at other times its almost impossible for me because when I need my space or quiet time is when he's at his most intense and demanding or when he's having meltdowns and I have to push through my own crash and sensory overload to be there for him. Its really tough sometimes
Just want to connect with some other autistic parents in my position for a bit of support
Hi! I hope you will soon gain a response from other autistic parents here, but in the meantime you may want to explore the Autistic Parents UK charity:
https://www.autisticparentsuk.org/
The charity offers lots of different services including in person and online support groups.
I apologise if I have previously suggested this charity and it hasn’t been useful.
I hope this helps!
Hi, can I just say I always love your replies as you provide a lot of links I've seen on various posts and they've been so helpful for me personally. Stuff I didn't know was out there because I just simply don't know what to look for. Because of your links I've also discovered I am monotropic (think I spelt that right) in my way of thinking and engaging etc. Plus the autistic girls network and now this link above.
Just wanted to thank you because I'm personally really grateful for it.
You are so welcome! It’s one of the many reasons why I love being a member of our autistic community, we are here to support each other.
I am so glad I have helped on your autistic discovery journey, that’s why our community is so important.
I am monotropic too! Obviously quite common and ironic that I monotropic about being monotropic and more broadly our autistic experiences as I have a reading list full of hundreds of autistic authored articles and resources!
Happy to help you further on your autistic discovery journey too!
There are so many impactful and insightful resources and books authored by our neurokin that are so important to know about.
Knowledge is power.
I love to help my fellow neurokin on the autistic discovery journey and another way I have been able to do that recently is via blogging for Autistic Village.
Below I have linked to a couple of my blogs if you are interested:
https://autistic-village.com/2024/02/07/my-autistic-experience-of-processing-mutism/
https://autistic-village.com/2024/03/04/processing-mutism-vs-freeze-stress-response-shutdown/