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[DancingOnFire]

Hiya, I'm new to this forum. I'm 23, british, high fuctioning, diagnosed at 5 years old and I'm also a male-to-female transsexual. I used to go to Reddit and follow subreddits with Aspergers/Autistic content there but the entire website is just a cancerous bore for me now, also not particularly friendly to people on the spectrum (in my experience anyway).

My parents did managed to get me diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome when I was 5 but did nothing to help me beyond that and to this today I feel like I've fallen behind a lot of people my own age. I struggle with anxiety and my social skills are lacking, to say the least, and I have no friends or anyone to really talk from day to day, not even online. No one wants to hang out with the socially stunted weirdo lol.

I guess I just want to escape to a place that isn't judgemental and rude, discuss things with people who are similar to me.

 

[Sarah S]

Hello and warm wellcome to the forums

 

[DancingOnFire]

Hello and warm wellcome to the forums

Thanks

 

[Alexej]

Hi there @DancingOnFire
Welcome to the Forums.
Do have a look at some of the older posts - lots of good info there.

 

[tree]

 

[Giraffes]

Hi and welcome i've found people respectful and friendly so i hope you do to.

 

[DancingOnFire]

Hi and welcome i've found people respectful and friendly so i hope you do to.

Thank you

 

[Nitro]

Hi DancingOnFire

 

[Tcx]

Hello there! Welcome to the forum!
btw my parents also did nothing but getting me a diagnosis(when I was 15-16). You're not alone

 

[DancingOnFire]

Hi DancingOnFire

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[Thinx]

Hi and welcome, this is a friendly place, and I hope you will enjoy the discussions on threads, and join in when you want to. Many of us can resonate with what you have said, and this is a particularly strange time with the lock downs etc. Lots of UK people here, and from many other parts of the world too.

 

[clg114]

Welcome to Autism Forums!

 

[Cactus]

Hello,

Welcome. I’m looking forward to your posts.

 

[SusanLR]

Welcome to the forums.
Glad you found us and look forward to your posts and replys.
I don't have any friends either and this has always seemed like a place I can belong and talk.