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You don't look Autistic ??

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Hi  All,

I'm not one who gets involved with online forums around my problems namely mental health ,autism. But sometimes i feel the need to vent my frustration. I do have serious problems but i get on with it no matter how bad they are. I go for dog walks and  my eyes look like i've been sobbing for a month ? when i feel the need to explain to someone about my problems without going on to much all i get back is 'well you don't look autistic' ? 

I't winds me up to the point where i want to say something ,and i just think whatever !  I have never felt in all my life that i'm being driven to isolation. I have had recent suicidal thoughts which have been absolutely horrendous but i just kept going. 

I had depression so bad i don't honestly think i could explain what it felt like. support is a word i now treat as a joke ? although i have had a anxiety disorder for 25 yrs and mental health problems i have always had mostly good jobs.

But i have only been told of autism diagnosis this year from my psychiatrist, i feel so hard done by why this wasn't picked up a long,long time ago ?   I am not actually in employment at the moment ,and wish to work in the mental health field. 

I'm speechless at some of the people who are supposed to be there to support people like us and  simply don't have a clue ?  It is a joke.

My problem is that i will not be trodden all over or fobbed off,and i will defend my human rights and entitlements' to my last breath . I'm in norfolk does anybody have any ideas about support and getting involved with like minded adults in my area.

Regards

mark.

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  • It's because the mainstream media focuses on a certain group of autistic individuals. I am going to use Harvey Price as an example, [Please no one take offence to this i don't mean to use him as example in a malicious manor.] But typical people still associate autism spectrum disorder with individuals like Harvey Price who neurologically typical individuals can visually see that he is at a intellectual disadvantage through the ways he uncontrollable presents himself & how he engage in non typical age appropriate interests like barnie the dinosaur and frogs in a true childed like manor. 

    The problem with this is Harvey doesn't just have autism but a range of comorbidities disorder that leave him intellectually challenged but the major one they seem to focus on is the Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis because of his destructive habits. Which yes it has something to do with autism spectrum disorder but is amplified and manifest in that way because of the other disorders.

    This view of autistic individuals is what makes it difficult for the Autistic individuals who are extremely capable but need a little extra support get help with finding suitable & sustainable long term employment, educational opportunities, access local services and leisure activities.           

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  • It's because the mainstream media focuses on a certain group of autistic individuals. I am going to use Harvey Price as an example, [Please no one take offence to this i don't mean to use him as example in a malicious manor.] But typical people still associate autism spectrum disorder with individuals like Harvey Price who neurologically typical individuals can visually see that he is at a intellectual disadvantage through the ways he uncontrollable presents himself & how he engage in non typical age appropriate interests like barnie the dinosaur and frogs in a true childed like manor. 

    The problem with this is Harvey doesn't just have autism but a range of comorbidities disorder that leave him intellectually challenged but the major one they seem to focus on is the Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis because of his destructive habits. Which yes it has something to do with autism spectrum disorder but is amplified and manifest in that way because of the other disorders.

    This view of autistic individuals is what makes it difficult for the Autistic individuals who are extremely capable but need a little extra support get help with finding suitable & sustainable long term employment, educational opportunities, access local services and leisure activities.           

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  • in reply to Blue

    Yes because my  (our)  problems are hidden to most people, doesn't mean that i  don't have serious issues, but to anybody i guess i come across as normal ?  It would be nice to mix with like minded people in a support group where i actually live. When i google autistic support it's not what im looking for and i certainly don't look like and behave like these people. I see groups where i live of autistic people being taken for walks and they come across as very mentally ill. Like Harvey Price as you mention their form of autism is in another league, but i still have serious meltdowns myself. Harvey price is a cool dude and very funny Laughing