• Hate Social Media, I’ve got a mountain that’s turned into a behemoth and I can’t climb over it...

    The lockdown has sent me into a frenzy.  I have Aspergers.  Got diagnosed in 2017.  Have worked in a Supermarket for 20yrs.  Always been a weirdo and now they know why.  I hate Social Media.  Into books.  Have over a thousand and counting.  Only non fiction.…

  • RE: Society / People - Their behaviours and me. HELP!

    Some excellent replies thanks everyone! Much appreciated! There are lots of posts that have mentioned subjects that i myself have already tried to use to my benefit. For example getting interested in Buddhism, i like the basic premise of trying to 'let…

  • How I think

    Good thoughts/bad thoughts

    I suppose this is just a very basic way of how my mind works. I’ve used ‘we’ and terms like that but if this doesn’t apply to you, or if you’re not interested in how my mind works PLEASE DON’T READ and if you do read this post…

  • A cat story. - It's both sad and happy.

    Let's get the sad bit out of the way first, eh?

    A month or so ago, on a Sunday morning, I came downstairs to find our little cat crying out for me from under the sofa. When I reached in and touched him he was incredibly cold. The vets card was no…

  • RE: HOW DO YOU CALM A VIOLENT TEEN???

    I felt I had to come back to this one, as there is another problem here that has kept me awake worrying all night.  You are your daughter's lifeline in a world that she must live in, which was created not for her but for people like you who are not autistic…

  • RE: Female with autism feels masculine rather than feminine

    Absolutely, I am female recently diagnosed and all my life I've had comments about having 'masculine' traits. I think this has been more to do with how I think and act rather than look, although I've also had many comments about having slightly more masculine…

  • RE: Desperate Need For Help....

    I got a letter rejection from the hospital stating that he needed referral from school not directly from the GP as he is now of school age, the GP did put she had concerns of ADHD on the form as she needed to put something to warrant the referral, at…

  • RE: First aid course

    I did enjoy the volunteering in some ways but in other ways I didn't.  

    It gave me the confidence to help others even if I wasn't on duty.  I remember being a passer-by at a road accident where a teenage girl had been hit by a car and was barely…

  • RE: 17 yr Autistic daughter just refused PIP

    Hi doglady, I am 18 and I am also autistic, I also have depression and anxiety, hypermobility, asthma and multiple allergies to foods; i rarely ever leave the house  and find it difficult socialising and talking to new people, i can never read there expressions…

  • Talking on the phone to my brother...need advice please.

    Hi,

    My brother is 20 years old (2 years younger than me) and studying computing at university. He has always been really into computers and spends a lot of time playing games, even sleeeping on the armchair next to the computer when he's home. 

    He has…