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Adults with autism - socialising

Sister123

Hello all

I am looking for some advice. My older sister was diagnosed with autism a couple of years ago. She is 35 years old and we (my family) have always known that she thought and felt differently from us and how much she struggled socially and were relieved when she was diagnosed, as we thought there would be more support and understanding available to her, after being bullied most of her life. She works full time and most of the social groups and councilling are during the day when she's at work.

She is high functioning but has always struggled with friendships and realationships and even at this age is still being picked on at work. She has been looking for chat rooms to speak to other adults with autism who might be like-minded and understand her (we try our best but I know we can never fully understand). She can't seem to find any chat rooms where you can have instand chat with people. There are discussion boards like this one but she says she is too impatient to wait for replies! The thing is that she seems to be becoming even less socialble and taking time off work and not leaving the house etc and we're worried she's giving up.

Does anyone know if there are any chat rooms or facebook chat or anything for adults with autism to socalise? I think just having something like that might give her hope.

Thanks for reading. Any advice would be much appreciated.

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  • The tears I shed 30 years ago would have filled a lake because I had no one to go to for help for my son and myself. Someone to talk to that understood would have been a start, Doctors, teachers and heath workers all said ''we don't like to lable children at a young age'' but they all knew what it was because when I did my own research and told them what I thought it was they all acted the same way 'defensive that I knew more than they thought!

    Its great that more people can talk about Autism now and there is the help and advice so know one should feel alone like we did 30 years ago.

    I could write a book about my son as he has had so much thrown at him over the years but he gets back up and fights the problems head on and never holds onto the past. I know he will alway have a ''something happen'' again around the corner because of his way, we just need to tell everyone that we are not all the same and except people for the fantastic qualitys they have and Autistic people have many!!

    We are not out of the woods yet but springtime gives me hope, we can all help to make this grow well. Spread the word A is for Autism.

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  • The tears I shed 30 years ago would have filled a lake because I had no one to go to for help for my son and myself. Someone to talk to that understood would have been a start, Doctors, teachers and heath workers all said ''we don't like to lable children at a young age'' but they all knew what it was because when I did my own research and told them what I thought it was they all acted the same way 'defensive that I knew more than they thought!

    Its great that more people can talk about Autism now and there is the help and advice so know one should feel alone like we did 30 years ago.

    I could write a book about my son as he has had so much thrown at him over the years but he gets back up and fights the problems head on and never holds onto the past. I know he will alway have a ''something happen'' again around the corner because of his way, we just need to tell everyone that we are not all the same and except people for the fantastic qualitys they have and Autistic people have many!!

    We are not out of the woods yet but springtime gives me hope, we can all help to make this grow well. Spread the word A is for Autism.

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