My son is 20 waiting for diagnosis. Is lonely and needs a like minded lad to chat to.

Hello NAS67531,

It maybe useful for you to contact a local National Autistic Society branch. Our branches offers support to local autistic people and their families. If you're interested in checking if there is a local branch near to you, please follow the link below:

https://www.autism.org.uk/services/local/england.aspx

Also, you may like to contact our Parent to Parent service which offers emotional support to parents and carers of children or adults with autism. This service is confidential and run by trained parent volunteers who are all parents themselves of a child or adult with autism .

You contact the team on 0808 800 4106. Please leave a message and the team will call you back as soon as possible at a time that suits you, including evenings and weekends. Alternatively you can use contact the team via web form: https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/parent-to-parent/enquiry.aspx

Hello NAS67531,

It maybe useful for you to contact a local National Autistic Society branch. Our branches offers support to local autistic people and their families. If you're interested in checking if there is a local branch near to you, please follow the link below:

https://www.autism.org.uk/services/local/england.aspx

Also, you may like to contact our Parent to Parent service which offers emotional support to parents and carers of children or adults with autism. This service is confidential and run by trained parent volunteers who are all parents themselves of a child or adult with autism .

You contact the team on 0808 800 4106. Please leave a message and the team will call you back as soon as possible at a time that suits you, including evenings and weekends. Alternatively you can use contact the team via web form: https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/parent-to-parent/enquiry.aspx