Introduce yourself (part one)

Hello Everyone,

So many notes already. Good luck to the Community I hope it works for all. I am the Mum of a 28 year old son who has had a difficult time over the last 7-8 years. He has Asperger's and epilepsy amongst other difficulties. We are more hopeful for his future now than we have been for a long time. He is a lovely boy, very honest (aren't they all?) and has a very kind nature if somebody attracts him.

Note for Johnsmum:

Give your son as many experiences as you can rather than letting him become stuck in a rut. He may not be able to think of something to do by himself, he may need help. It will stand him in good stead for later life. 

Hi Potia, Valley Girl, AMO, welcome to the Community, it's great to see you here.

I'll reply in more detail to your message in Problems and suggestions tomorrow AMO. I think a lot of people would want their own avatars so it's something we can explore but I'll explain more tomorrow and just hopefully help you understand why it might take a while.

Be this is just the beginning of the Community, we'll be adding lots of new tools and functionality as we develop. So even if might take a bit of time, please bear with us :)

Hi I'm AMO, Mum to a 7 year old son with Autism and a mainstream 5 year old daughter.

Any idea when we'll be able to upload our own avatars? I have one I use on every forum I'm involved in, plus twitter, so people know it's me, if you see what I mean.

Im Meryl and I have a nine year old son who has AS. Sometimes I am top of it but at other times I struggle with it all. I've read some of the posts and already feel that this could be a positive resource for me. Sometimes you just need to know that your not the only one.

Hi folks,

I live and work in Glasgow and have two children, a son aged 9 with autism and a daughter aged 3 who so far does not seem to show any signs of autism.

My son is currently in mainstream primary but I've recently been advised that they feel he wouldn't cope with mainstream secondary.

I'm looking forward to discussions here.

Best wishes

Potia.

Hi dolly,

Welcome to the Community, it's exciting to see it up and running and I hope you find it a helpful service :)

Hi

My eight year old son has autism. It is very exciting to be involved with this forum which, hopefully will provide support and a chance for everyone whose life has been touched by autism to have a say about issues that affect them.

Johnsmum said:

Jim, your third sentence in your opening post reads 'Please remember that you should share personal details'. Surely there should be a 'not' in there? (I have emailed you about this cos I couldn't post when I was just logged in with the interim period user name and password, but once I logged in with my NAS ID it miraculously allowed me to post).

Hi, cheers for that - yeah, pretty big mistake, but I've sorted that now.

I was just posting over in your thread in the other topics, just to let you know it might be best to start a new discussion rather than respond to the sticky's. So just letting you know about that as well.

And thanks again for pointing out the error - doh! :)

Hello Fun Mum, AndrewC and Johnsmum - lovely to hear from you.

I'm one of the moderators here and I'm looking forward to sharing your thoughts and experiences on this site.

Jim, your third sentence in your opening post reads 'Please remember that you should share personal details'. Surely there should be a 'not' in there? (I have emailed you about this cos I couldn't post when I was just logged in with the interim period user name and password, but once I logged in with my NAS ID it miraculously allowed me to post).

Hi Fun Mum and all mods

I am the mother of a 16 year old boy with Asperger's who is great fun but refuses to do any homework at all. I will probably be posting on other threads about this! I'm also a Christian writer with several books behind me (all but one out of print now, sadly)

In my spare time I read, sing, watch TV, and worship and preach at my little church which is led by the members.

My husband is a plumber - don't all rush at once, he has enough customers already!

Hi my names Andrew, I have AS myself ( diagnosed as an adult myself) and I have one son whio also has an AS diagnosis and another who has similair issues, but doesn't want to go down the route of a formal diagnosis.

Getting a diagnosis, dealing with educational authorities and transitioning from education into workplace all appear to be big areas of difficulty and I look forward to discussing them on this site. 

I think an online community is a great idea.  I am a mum of twins who are 21. My daughter has Asperger's and my son does not!  Life is always full and interesting in our home. I look forward to enjoying the new community.

Thanks

Hello everyone! I am very excited to also be a part of the moderation team. It will be wonderful to see the community grow and see people enjoying taking part in discussions.

Welcoming you all to the Community

Francesca

Hi all,

Welcome to the NAS Community. I am also on the moderation team and am here to support its growth. It is a really exciting time and the Community is one development that signifies the start of new initiatives for the NAS.

Cheers 

Hi everyone!

I’m really pleased to be supporting the Community as one of the moderation team. It’s going to be fascinating seeing how you all decide to use the Community and how people with different experiences mix together.  

All the best bobc

And I should introduce myself as well. :)

I'm Jim Valentine - the Community & Social Media Manager here at the NAS.

You'll see me posting as 'Jim V - mod'. You'll also see that all the other moderators have '-mod' after their name.

Anyway, I'm hoping to get in to get to know you all through your discussions here and thanks a lot for joining in with the Community.

If you ever need to get in touch with the Community team then use the 'Feedback to the NAS' option under any message or send us an email to:

community.manager@nas.org.uk

Happy posting :)

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