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AspyMum

Hi,

I am new here and I am diagnosed ASD, 43 years old and have never met another ASD person.  

I find it very hard to small talk, in fact I don't...  I know I try and who knows what my face is doing while I'm trying to keep track of the stream of fluff that people like to call 'conversation' but I don't think I'm that convincing!  It would be lovely to meet others, but whilst reading a few posts on here I see that contact details are not to be shared?  Have I got that wrong?  

Confused!!   

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  • Hi again AspyMum,

     I agree with you the stereotypes perpetrated by the NAS are all rather patronising, but the spectrum is wide and they offer much help to parents, some of whom are really struggling. Check out the forum though - especially discussions around 'mild' and ' high functioning'. Adult autism seems to be much neglected, seemingly if you have got to adulthood and coped there 'can't be anything much wrong with you'. Particularly true for the older generation. When I was at school in the 70s I doubt autism would have been on the radar. 

    I must come out here and say I am as yet undiagnosed, mostly because I manage to function OK day to day, and if not I  hide away. I am female and 57 and have developed plenty of coping strategies, so i assume it will not be obvious that I have issues and of course I am aware I may be deluding myself that I am autistic. I believe it though because I recognised so much of myself on this site, in this forum, which i investigated after scoring high on one of the well known tests. I really must get onto my GP.

    Meant to say there are Autism chat sites around - maybe someone could point you in the right direction... I haven't checked.

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  • Hi again AspyMum,

     I agree with you the stereotypes perpetrated by the NAS are all rather patronising, but the spectrum is wide and they offer much help to parents, some of whom are really struggling. Check out the forum though - especially discussions around 'mild' and ' high functioning'. Adult autism seems to be much neglected, seemingly if you have got to adulthood and coped there 'can't be anything much wrong with you'. Particularly true for the older generation. When I was at school in the 70s I doubt autism would have been on the radar. 

    I must come out here and say I am as yet undiagnosed, mostly because I manage to function OK day to day, and if not I  hide away. I am female and 57 and have developed plenty of coping strategies, so i assume it will not be obvious that I have issues and of course I am aware I may be deluding myself that I am autistic. I believe it though because I recognised so much of myself on this site, in this forum, which i investigated after scoring high on one of the well known tests. I really must get onto my GP.

    Meant to say there are Autism chat sites around - maybe someone could point you in the right direction... I haven't checked.

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