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Daughter 16 - newly diagnosed. and needs to find like minded young people....how?

hollybush
over 7 years ago

Hi,

My beautiful daughter was diagnosed on Monday with HFA. She is almost 17 and has just completed her first year at college. She has struggled all her school life and whilst she has NT friends, she has never had a lasting best friend. She suffers from social anxiety which prevents her from doing the things she really wants to do. 

Are there any social clubs (East Mids) for teens with HFA? I know that seems ironic given that social anxiety seems to be a common issue but my daughter is lonely and craves the company of others, but others that understand her.....

It's been a really rough ride for her to date and she is struggling with the diagnosis and I feel that if she could meet other people in her situation it would help so very much.

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  • over 7 years ago

    Hi there.  All I can suggest is you trawl through the Autism Services Directory on NAS website.  If I'd done that years ago, I would have found out about a local group that has already changed my son's life after only 2 months!  Also, try Meetup.com. I've found a couple of groups that would suit my son perfectly but they're not close enough, so I'm going to start one myself. I live in south east London and there are a lot of services for people with autism and a learning disability but, as with your daughter, my son doesn't have a learning disability but he does have autism!  I've found that if I lived in a neighbouring borough, he'd have multiple opportunities for socialising but they are almost non-existent where we are. Or take a look on Facebook for any local groups/parents?  As parents of ASD children, we have to be ultra resourceful and creative!  I wish you strength and fortitude :).

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  • over 7 years ago

    Hi there.  All I can suggest is you trawl through the Autism Services Directory on NAS website.  If I'd done that years ago, I would have found out about a local group that has already changed my son's life after only 2 months!  Also, try Meetup.com. I've found a couple of groups that would suit my son perfectly but they're not close enough, so I'm going to start one myself. I live in south east London and there are a lot of services for people with autism and a learning disability but, as with your daughter, my son doesn't have a learning disability but he does have autism!  I've found that if I lived in a neighbouring borough, he'd have multiple opportunities for socialising but they are almost non-existent where we are. Or take a look on Facebook for any local groups/parents?  As parents of ASD children, we have to be ultra resourceful and creative!  I wish you strength and fortitude :).

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