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Hello I'm new to the site - looking for advice.

NAS69923
over 2 years ago

Evening,

I'm looking for advice which relates to my Son who was diagnosed with Asperger's back in 2017 when he was in Secondary School, he has never accepted the diagnosis.  He is now in College and life seems to be getting more challenging for both of us.

His passion is playing on his PC with people he has met online (morning, noon and night if I allowed it),he finds it very difficult to make friends and never want to leave his bedroom apart from going to College (which is a daily struggle).

I'd love him to meet other people his age and have time outside of his bedroom and be happy.

Has anyone experienced the same situation with their teenagers?    

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  • over 2 years ago

    Ironically there is no advice. After being assessed myself they just said oh well prescribe you with more medication that should help you talk to a shrink usually which is more than useless. Those who don't have autism yet give advice on it are ironically more clueless than those with it. We just have to find our own coping strategies as we go along in life and learn from our mistakes . Being socially awkward is just part of the condition. We choose not to socilise due to how others treat us that aren't on the spectrum. Hell make freinds eventually though. The majority of my freinds are on the spectrum too. Sure I have nurotypcal freinds too but not many. More freinds more problems is my moto. Maintaining freindships is a headache for most of us on the spectrum too as it requires give and take and having your routine disrupted. So we select freinds via common interests or hobbies. I guess I can't say we as I can't speak for all of us but that's usually how go about it. Socilising to much where's me out and drains me mentally more than anything.

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  • over 2 years ago

    Ironically there is no advice. After being assessed myself they just said oh well prescribe you with more medication that should help you talk to a shrink usually which is more than useless. Those who don't have autism yet give advice on it are ironically more clueless than those with it. We just have to find our own coping strategies as we go along in life and learn from our mistakes . Being socially awkward is just part of the condition. We choose not to socilise due to how others treat us that aren't on the spectrum. Hell make freinds eventually though. The majority of my freinds are on the spectrum too. Sure I have nurotypcal freinds too but not many. More freinds more problems is my moto. Maintaining freindships is a headache for most of us on the spectrum too as it requires give and take and having your routine disrupted. So we select freinds via common interests or hobbies. I guess I can't say we as I can't speak for all of us but that's usually how go about it. Socilising to much where's me out and drains me mentally more than anything.

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