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Eryberrie

Hello! I'm a 30 year old woman and am awaiting a diagnosis of ASD. I'm new here and would like to meet and talk to people about experiences, esp how I deal with social situations and try and deal with the frustration of living in a world where I feel like an alien.

It seems as if everyone else in the world have a 'telepathic network' going on and I'm not part of it.  It's like there is a code and it's such hard work trying to get by in any social situation.  Family, work, school, college, extra curricular clubs, groups, etc.

I don't want to start waffling and ranting about myself because I do enough of that in life!  Please say hello if you like,

E

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  • Thank you Eryberrie,

    My son is now at a high shool with a speialist ASD unit, and they are brilliant. His primary shool was a different matter, they insisted on putting his stress behaviour and meltdowns sown to bad behaviour, even though he had a diagnosis of ASD.

    He (I will call him Matt for the sake of the discussion although this is not his name), spends as much time at school learning how to deal with other people as he does in lessons.

    Matt finds it very hard to put boundries in his friendships, and is so very trusting as far as other people go.  He often finds himself on the edge of the group mirroring what other people do, and then getting laughed at. It is one of the hardest things to watch your child trying to learn to fit in with theNTs.  I am working very hard with the school to teach him that he has so much more to offer people than the other children who think inside the box.

    At least hopefully for you, like for my son, when you get the diagnosis, it will open a whole world of si[upport for you, from plaes like this.  There are also loads of books written by Tony Attwood that are really helpful

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  • Thank you Eryberrie,

    My son is now at a high shool with a speialist ASD unit, and they are brilliant. His primary shool was a different matter, they insisted on putting his stress behaviour and meltdowns sown to bad behaviour, even though he had a diagnosis of ASD.

    He (I will call him Matt for the sake of the discussion although this is not his name), spends as much time at school learning how to deal with other people as he does in lessons.

    Matt finds it very hard to put boundries in his friendships, and is so very trusting as far as other people go.  He often finds himself on the edge of the group mirroring what other people do, and then getting laughed at. It is one of the hardest things to watch your child trying to learn to fit in with theNTs.  I am working very hard with the school to teach him that he has so much more to offer people than the other children who think inside the box.

    At least hopefully for you, like for my son, when you get the diagnosis, it will open a whole world of si[upport for you, from plaes like this.  There are also loads of books written by Tony Attwood that are really helpful

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