We don't have a daily routine but do try to manage his expectations for the day with a visual timetable.

E tries to watch a lot of TV, but we enforce time without.

We go out to the park or similar every day, E also likes to burn off energy on his…

Hello

I was diagnosed in November 2021. I'm 30. 

I always felt different somehow, and have always struggled with socialising and managing things such as work. I have had four full time jobs... They all ended the same way, and that was with me completely…

• I qualified my statement with "less than charitable" in recognition of the fact that I had later reflected upon my thoughts and found them wanting. If I didn't perceive such behaviour as rude, I would not have driven myself to burn-out so many times…

Like I mentioned, I was having all sorts of difficulties - my mask had been perfected over 20+ years and all of a sudden it didn't fit. The scientist in me was unable to fix the mask so I could see there was a problem.

The diagnosis path was fast…

A good therapist should not just work for you, but with you. If you have any concerns about how it's going, feel that it's trying to fight the wrong battles, or that certain autistic traits make an exercise particularly difficult for you, don't be afraid…

Welcome back, Muddled1.

I know just how you feel. On one of the other autism sites today, another member, with all the best intentions in the world, recommended that I get myself a mentor, apply to social services, and ask my GP for a mental health referral…

I heard a 'sort of' , 'almost' explanation of it from the person who assessed me for my Asperger's diagnosis. She said that 'we' (Asperger's) not only tend to have higher (or at least above average) intelligence but that this intelligence is predominantly…

I think sometimes all of the things you have mentioned come under 'self-harm' and sometimes people categorise deliberate hurting oneself in the form of cutting/burning/whatever as 'self-injury', but they're colloquially just used interchangeably.…

(That's quite a cloud of stink)

I call it ''perfume overdose'', it upsets my nose , 

intense elderflower aroma makes me feint

bleach odour - makes me want to throw up, 

burning incense sticks - guranteed throw up if I stay in range for…