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high fuctioning autism

  1. C

    Aspie always wants to wear glasses

    My 12 year old son is high functioning. A year ago I got him glasses to diminish the blue light from screens (since he spends so much time on them.) Ever since then, he refuses to take them off at all. If I take them away for a few minutes he gets a headache and hides his face. I know he’s...
  2. S

    What happens after a GP referral?

    After over a year of going back to the GP, he has finally agreed to refer me properly to the organisation that I asked for but now I cant stop thinking about what's next. Hes put me on medication to try and slow me down because we dont know what's going on in my head right now but I dont stop...
  3. S

    Why am I angry at my past?

    Hi, I've recently come to terms and some sort of acceptance of myself having autism but over the last 3 years since I found out and started to learn and understand myself I've started to become angry with how I was treated as a child. Dont be mistaken, I wasn't abused or anything but there was...
  4. S

    Does anyone hide their Autism?

    This may be a strange question to some and maybe not others but I've only come to terms, acceptance and acknowledgement of my autism within the last 3 years. Its feels like the more I look into autism and really start to understand it, I am noticing things about myself I didn't before. It feels...
  5. S

    What is an Aspie?

    Just to make it clear, I'm not asking what the word "Aspie" is, I'm an Aspie myself, I just have only come to terms and acceptence of it about 2 years ago. I was just wondering, what do you guys all see as a universal Aspie? Because it annoys me that when I tell people I am as a respond to "why...
  6. Caitlin D

    Hi Everyone

    My name is Caitlin. My young daughter is in the process of being diagnosed. I have just created a blog about her. I hope to connect, and I hope to learn. Happy Monday, Caitlin
  7. Clay Major

    A Discussion Regarding Terminology

    Asperger's VS High-Functioning Autism An Inquiry Into Terminology Forgive me for my ignorance within this post/thread. Being a individual born in the year 2000, I never quite understood the historical context of certain terminologies regarding the spectrum and it's respective communities. For...
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