• RE: I'm back! Progress made!

    Aw wow, it sounds as if you are doing really well! I'm really pleased and happy for you Slight smile Your baby steps are a great start, no pressure just go at your own speed and work things out, like whether you eat early or later. I'm eating my breakfast every…

  • RE: I'm about to give up

    I fell foul of the oddly arbitrary spam filter earlier so it's possible this reply will also get eaten and be released later but here goes:

    First of all I wanna say you are so strong going on as long as you have and I'm glad you didn't give up or end…

  • RE: “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger” Is An Outdated Statement That Has No Basis In Reality And Stems From White Supremacy

    Your response is admirable however we are a community of people who come from every ethnicity, gender and religion. We are all marginalized by every ethnicity, gender and religion.

    You are trying to play mediator to a group of victims from the majority…

  • RE: Does anyone have days when they simply can't speak?

    I have been overloaded with work pressure and demands on me, at the same time criticisms of the way I work ("do it faster! "  "less detailed" ) at the same time they want it just as accurate.  Basically  unachieveable and unreasonable…

  • PIP stress!

    Hi! I hope everyone's been doing good.

    My family have been trying to help me get PIP as my autism, anxiety and mental difficulties have reached new heights and are actually affecting my life so much I can't go out anymore.

    I haven't been out for…

  • RE: Terrified of going back to college

    Hello Kate. Aw, wow that's such a relief to hear your son has made a decision on what to do. I also think it's the right decision, I hope it's ok to say as I'm an outsider in this situation. I just feel maybe it will have been too much this time but who…

  • Life is very different now (Positive Effect of Diagnosis)

    Since my diagnosis, my life has changed dramatically in every way. The first bit of good news was that the NHS Mental Health Service inviting me to weekly one-to-one support sessions to help me understand my autism post-diagnosis. Due to the pandemic…

  • RE: Food: Hypersensitive; Hyposensitive or somewhere in the middle?

    The only 'dislikes' so far have been:

     - liver and kidney (I can recall the urine smell of my mum boiling kidneys!) though I have started eating 'mild' liver e.g. as a starter in a restaurant

     - 'spiky' parsley (it should be banned!)…

  • Diagnosis for my brother.

    Hi everyone. I am new here, as I was unsure where else to turn for help with this particular problem. I have fairly recently been diagnosed with Aspergers, on top of ADHD, Tourettes and various anxiety disorders. In total my diagnosis took approximatley…

  • RE: How do you deal with Family Members who don't support your child's Autism!

    He then said she should go out and enjoy herself and he can get her Autism out of her! as he is good with young people and on there level.

    I would straight up call him out on this and shame him into doing some research. My response would be something…