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Lonely adult son with high functioning autism

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Hi

My adult son has high functioning autism. He is very lonely and has no friends. He is reluctant to communicate on the web so would find it hard to meet groups of people this way. I gave looked for appropriate social groups through the autistic society in our area and they do not exist. Any ideas, we live in the South Yorkshire area?

Thank you in advance for any suggestions made.

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  • Have you tried at Autism Centre at Sheffield Hallam University www.shu.ac.uk/theautismcentre ?

    Although they seem now to be primarily autism without aspergers they were supposedly providing outreach and social groups and they may be able to help.

    They published a series of books on living with Aspergers called the "Adults Speak out about Asperger Syndrome Series" which used personal stories as a basis. One of the books deals with socialising - Asperger Syndrome & Social Relationships. It was edited by Genevieve Edmunds and Luke Beardon and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in 2008 (ISBN 978 1 84310 647 0). The ISBN can be used by a bookshop or library to track down a copy.

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  • Have you tried at Autism Centre at Sheffield Hallam University www.shu.ac.uk/theautismcentre ?

    Although they seem now to be primarily autism without aspergers they were supposedly providing outreach and social groups and they may be able to help.

    They published a series of books on living with Aspergers called the "Adults Speak out about Asperger Syndrome Series" which used personal stories as a basis. One of the books deals with socialising - Asperger Syndrome & Social Relationships. It was edited by Genevieve Edmunds and Luke Beardon and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in 2008 (ISBN 978 1 84310 647 0). The ISBN can be used by a bookshop or library to track down a copy.

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