Hey everyone

Hi and welcome to the community. I'm a woman in my mid sixties and retired, and I enjoy reading and playing video games.

I self discovered that I was on the spectrum around 9 years ago. The knowledge does eventually bring some understanding, and sometimes ways to.mitigate overload.

Hey Lotus

Thank you for replying. Can I ask what you done for work? I was a bricklayer but I couldn't get on socially with colleagues. I would often be disliked or misunderstood. 

I had been struggling for so long I lost interest in hobbies and interests. All except bricklaying. But ive lost that too now. 

Im trying to rebuild my life now.

I mostly worked in accounting roles, but had a couple of breaks from that - once to work as a special needs teaching assistant, then later to teach English as a second language.

I also would often be misunderstood, and I changed jobs a lot. I'm so happy to be retired now.

I mostly worked in accounting roles, but had a couple of breaks from that - once to work as a special needs teaching assistant, then later to teach English as a second language.

I also would often be misunderstood, and I changed jobs a lot. I'm so happy to be retired now.