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Single adults autism / aspergers' with no children

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Hi, I have Autism & not moaning about someone else with autism

Im an adult with autism, due to my inability to form relationships, i would like to find other people who acually have the condition, and not parents complaining about their child, because it's something i totally can't relate to, being unable to form such relationships.

What i'm looking for is adults with autism, and aspergers syndrome, and how it is for them, and not a parent of a child with autism. 

I'm interested in discussing day to day living, and hobbies, and what you do to manage your health, basic things mostly

What social challenges did you have to deal with in your younger years, that you have now overcome as an adult?

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  • I'd like to echo your response to the original post. I found out about Aspergers reading a newspaper article 4 years ago at the age of 62. 'Lightbulb moment'!! I am also at the manageable end of the spectrum but am so anxious about contacting ANYONE about it ... that it has taken me these past 4 years to register on this site and post anything.

    I have not had a diagnosis and am now retired having also been able to hold down jobs and looking after myself but not being able to sustain a job for more than a few years at a time; so I tend to think that I will get the same type of response as you mention .....

    '... likely to be accused of being a mis-diagnosis (... cannot possibly have been genuinely on the spectrum if I had an education and a job ...)'

    'big enough to take care of myself'

    'taking funds away from more important causes'

    Just posting on here takes me a huge amount of effort. I will try to make contact with my local area NAS and see if there is someone there I can talk to 1-2-1.

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  • I'd like to echo your response to the original post. I found out about Aspergers reading a newspaper article 4 years ago at the age of 62. 'Lightbulb moment'!! I am also at the manageable end of the spectrum but am so anxious about contacting ANYONE about it ... that it has taken me these past 4 years to register on this site and post anything.

    I have not had a diagnosis and am now retired having also been able to hold down jobs and looking after myself but not being able to sustain a job for more than a few years at a time; so I tend to think that I will get the same type of response as you mention .....

    '... likely to be accused of being a mis-diagnosis (... cannot possibly have been genuinely on the spectrum if I had an education and a job ...)'

    'big enough to take care of myself'

    'taking funds away from more important causes'

    Just posting on here takes me a huge amount of effort. I will try to make contact with my local area NAS and see if there is someone there I can talk to 1-2-1.

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