Been good to hear from any adult ASD diagnosed women in this forum... or does anyone know any good sites for ASD women?
Hello out there......anyone????
Been good to hear from any adult ASD diagnosed women in this forum... or does anyone know any good sites for ASD women?
Hello out there......anyone????
Hello again. Yes we had a nice walk thanks then got hooked on family trees.. always something to research! It's been highlighted quite a lot that those parents getting diagnosis for their offspring seem to get a lightbulb moment and recognise they need an assessment themselves. That seems to be a time when some adults notice things. If you have keen parents and aware teachers then some children are assessed through school or college years. Though girls still get missed. Another time is when the time has come for you to balance self, home, chores, friendships, exercise and work all at once. Many of my age grew up not knowing about these conditions and only filtered slowly through as something boys had. And like Malabar I had an extensive history of depression, break downs and anxiety before I thought about any of this; sadly far too common. It's been said that many more people have these different brains but if you manage to adapt, find strategies to cope and have support from spouses, family, friends and colleagues then you probably won't feel the need to do anything about it, if indeed you recognise any difference. It's usually those of us who haven't managed to do this and significantly affects our lives that we need to find out why. Then we want to absorb information like a sponge.. I don't know the answer to the break it all down to see what to do with it and past history issue. Sometimes I think yes sometimes no but for me the overlap can be very contradictory and I end up on the fence. In terms of the classroom I think it would be quite helpful. Or at least look at strategies to help like a time out zone, or a work station cubicle, or chance to either curl up on a bean bag or a circuit round the playground depending on age. Not easy in that setting especially if several students need attention in this way. And.. the more I read and listen the more it's clear we do have commonalities but when you consider the elements of asd sensory, social communication and social imagination we are bound to be very individual too. Hope this essay isn't too much!! Prob should edit and delete.
Dear Misfit
you say a million profound and articulate things and then apologise for saying them. Maybe I have focused so much on ASD kids is a sub-conscientious identification with them.
what has struck me is what if you don't...
"....have support from spouses, family, friends and colleagues then you probably won't feel the need to do anything about it, if indeed you recognise any difference. ...."
sad today as asked my husband to give me sone time to explain to him who I am and where "I'm at...."....but before I started, he fell asleep.... he is now upstairs catching up with his friends and family on the phone...
Yet more isolated and back to the books and research.....when in doubt...google it, eh! :(
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W6x4z0KKCqE This has some useful info too
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pp8jcQ97pY This is good.. an easy teaching session but if you scroll underneath you'll see he covers different topics in this way
The ones I posted for example. I sort of do a YouTube google or internet searches on aspects that interest me and it's surprising how many there are. There is loads of stuff on Autism but earlier on in my research I found it hard to find things which were about adult women which is what I needed( on autism, asd, adhd and even dyspraxia dcd). A young woman is ambassador for dyspraxia. I had never seen anyone talking about it. She's great. She talks about things I find really embarrassing and makes it ok. Some are seminars, some based on power point, some are blogs .. all sorts
What sort of YouTube videos did you find helpful Misfit 61?
Ps. The YouTube videos help me to feel like I'm not quite so nuts and know I'm not alone when there is no one else. I know I am still learning and not yet found ways to sort out my life but getting the diagnosis did stop that niggle and at last instinctively some sort of peace. Google is great.
Sorry for what? Some people are lucky and some of us not so in the openness to this. I know how it feels to want to share with people you love and be ignored or rejected or dismissed or disbelieve d or told it must be mild or lots of people have it . It hurts. I don't know why they react like that. I live on my own but I have experienced the loneliness when with others just as I have at home by myself. I hope you have friends and people who you can share this searching with. I hope these posts of ours are giving you some sort of support
Sorry for what? Some people are lucky and some of us not so in the openness to this. I know how it feels to want to share with people you love and be ignored or rejected or dismissed or disbelieve d or told it must be mild or lots of people have it . It hurts. I don't know why they react like that. I live on my own but I have experienced the loneliness when with others just as I have at home by myself. I hope you have friends and people who you can share this searching with. I hope these posts of ours are giving you some sort of support
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W6x4z0KKCqE This has some useful info too
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pp8jcQ97pY This is good.. an easy teaching session but if you scroll underneath you'll see he covers different topics in this way
The ones I posted for example. I sort of do a YouTube google or internet searches on aspects that interest me and it's surprising how many there are. There is loads of stuff on Autism but earlier on in my research I found it hard to find things which were about adult women which is what I needed( on autism, asd, adhd and even dyspraxia dcd). A young woman is ambassador for dyspraxia. I had never seen anyone talking about it. She's great. She talks about things I find really embarrassing and makes it ok. Some are seminars, some based on power point, some are blogs .. all sorts
What sort of YouTube videos did you find helpful Misfit 61?
Ps. The YouTube videos help me to feel like I'm not quite so nuts and know I'm not alone when there is no one else. I know I am still learning and not yet found ways to sort out my life but getting the diagnosis did stop that niggle and at last instinctively some sort of peace. Google is great.