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Feel a lil on the younger side to be here, but whatevs

Owlie

Hiya, I go by owlie,

Found this forum a few years ago, waited till I was about 20 to give it a go officially, but seeing some of the older folkes are on here, I feel a little out of place Sweat smile.

I got diagnosed with ASD when I was a teen, had a few issues here and there, now I'm in higher education studying computer science.

I'm not exactly sure what I can use this forum for? I have posted something in the past 24 hours, but no idea if it's in the right category.

Anyhow, nice to meet you all Wave

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  • Hi Owlie, 

    I'm also in my early twenties, and I just checked my profile and it says I've been on this platform for at least 4 years (I think I joined when the minimum age was 16 not 18) so there are definitely young people on here. 

    You can use the forum for whatever you like. I've generally utilised it when I've had specific problems I hadn't encountered before, e.g. diagnostic appointments, flying alone, specific medical procedures that were basically "what if we took your worst sensory texture and made it medically necessary and also you have to stay still during it" and people can offer advice, their experiences if they've done the same or a similar thing, or just commiseration. 

    And then because, even though I'm young, I too have experiences I can share advice to other people, some to other autistic people, sometimes to parents. I don't think I've ever offered advice to a NT partner of an autistic person but we do get a fair few of those too, they seem to come in waves. 

    I also like hanging out for general autism chitchat (see things like the 'infodump' or special interest chats) because even though I have real life autistic friends, it's nice to talk to a wide range of people about this stuff who will have some idea of what's going on

    So explore, check in every once in a while, reply to things that are interesting, ask for help when you need it. Everyone's experience on this site is probably as unique as they are :) 

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  • Hi Owlie, 

    I'm also in my early twenties, and I just checked my profile and it says I've been on this platform for at least 4 years (I think I joined when the minimum age was 16 not 18) so there are definitely young people on here. 

    You can use the forum for whatever you like. I've generally utilised it when I've had specific problems I hadn't encountered before, e.g. diagnostic appointments, flying alone, specific medical procedures that were basically "what if we took your worst sensory texture and made it medically necessary and also you have to stay still during it" and people can offer advice, their experiences if they've done the same or a similar thing, or just commiseration. 

    And then because, even though I'm young, I too have experiences I can share advice to other people, some to other autistic people, sometimes to parents. I don't think I've ever offered advice to a NT partner of an autistic person but we do get a fair few of those too, they seem to come in waves. 

    I also like hanging out for general autism chitchat (see things like the 'infodump' or special interest chats) because even though I have real life autistic friends, it's nice to talk to a wide range of people about this stuff who will have some idea of what's going on

    So explore, check in every once in a while, reply to things that are interesting, ask for help when you need it. Everyone's experience on this site is probably as unique as they are :) 

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