Feel alone

Welcome Kate!

Autism is a very hard thing to understand even for people like me that have been diagnosed for a while. The forum is good though as there are lots of parents and adults with the condition who can point you at different resources or give advice.

If you are feeling lonely then one possible factor in that might be that you might be on the spectrum too. It is also possible that being a single mum has taken you out of all of the social circles that you used to belong to. I'm just speculating but, in both cases, there is no need to suffer alone - talk to us here and you will find that there are people who really do understand what you are ghoing through.

Hi this is my first time posting on here. I'm a single mum with two boys my youngest is five, he was diagnosed over a year ago and since then I have felt so alone. Apart from a few courses for me there has been nothing his school isnt the greatest help. I would appreciate any advice as I am near enough completely on my own and other people really done understand what it's like. Could anyone point me in the right direction in regards to any help or advice. Thanks

Welcome to the community

You are definitiely not alone in having to deal with this. There are lots of parents and also adults with autism like me on the site who can help point you in the right direction on lots of things.

Lots of stuff has been discussed before so I would encourage you to find an existing discussion, using the Search the Community box. If you do this then you automatically get the interest of the people who have already contributed to that discussion as we get emails when anyone adds to a a thread that we have contributed to.