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  1. D

    Hi everyone!

    Greetings everyone, My name is Adi, and I am the proud parent of Saar, a lively 17-year-old who happens to have autism. I have created a blog, 101Autism.com, with the aim to share our family's journey and offer guidance to those who may be going through similar experiences. Saar, much like any...
  2. R

    Autistic Adult Child being manipulative (?)

    Hi, I have a 34 year old adult son that lives with me and he was diagnosed with Asperger’s almost 4 years ago. He keeps telling me that when I yell at the dog it causes him pain but I don’t believe him. He sent me some links and YouTube videos on how autistic people are sensitive to sound but I...
  3. Autistamatic

    Why do autistic adults & parents of autistic kids often not get along?

    Over many months I've engaged with parents of autistic kids who have been scared by what they've seen from autistic adults on social media, and many autistics who have also been discouraged from engaging. These problems are not so noticeable on a forum like this due to the active moderation of...
  4. C

    Hello, just diagnosed

    I am 40 years old mom of 3 kids. I have just received my diagnosis of Aspergers this morning. It's not a huge shock as I've suspected it for a while. 2 of my children are on the spectrum so it was while researching their needs that I came across "symptoms" that were me. I'm rambling ...
  5. M

    Do those symptoms sound like ASD?

    I'm not asking for a diagnosis, it recently dawned on me that my father might be autistic, He's 67 so I'm not going to do anything about it, I just want some closure after growing up in my toxic family that wasn't perfect otherwise anyways. So here are some examples: - walks into the room and...
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