I'm looking for a place for my son he's getting out of hospital and he needs a apartment for wheelchair asap

Imagine this with having CPTSD from narcissistic parents, being an HSP, I experienced SA at the age of 12, various narcissistc/abusive partners, raising two children ( Inhad at 21 and 23) totally on my own while working in a physically hard job while having Fibromyalgia. I was depressed and suicidal since I was a teenager, pregnant with my first son at the age of 15.... A certain situation about two months ago made me have weird meltdowns which differed from my trauma related problems which I've healed almost fully from, since making changes in my life. I came across neurodivergence and back to where I was about 15 years ago, when being in a relationship with a "typical autistic man". I hit much higher on any test than he did, but I never considered to be autistic. Now I do, being 52, desperately trying to get a diagnosis because without it, I can't join the self-help group in my town

Thank you for having services for adults!

Love the website 🎉

1:12:13 don’t go into long monologs; keep discussions short

50:06 Meds to help with anxiety, OCD etc

Thank you so much for this perspective and the way you express it, really helpful! ❤

Nobody thinks I'm worth helping

I give up

I've built resentment for my mom because I didn't understand growing up and I really don't know how to resolve my feelings of trauma it caused emotionally. Do you have any advice?

Thanks

THANK YOU!

"She had to make the very hard decision to reduce contact with them"...I love how she said this, because it's is truly very hard, but necessary. I had to do it for a while. It's important to go slow and build boundaries. The meditation book called 30 Days to Stop Obsessing by Harper Daniels was a great for me.

After masking subconsciously for 55 years, I found out what it was here on KZbin. I actually remember when I was 4 years old, deciding I shouldn't flap my hands because no one else did. I mark that as the time I started trying to fit in. I'd like to be myself now, but whenever there's another human present, I automatically go into survival mode. I don't feel safe because I wasn't most of my life.

I thank God for people like you trying to make the world a better place for us all. I didn't know I was autistic until I was 51. My own mom just started trying to understand me when I was 59. Better late than never, I suppose. 😊

I can see how much Dr. Hendrickx understands autism and autistic people's needs. However, it's very frustrating to watch this hour-and-a-half long presentation and actually apply anything to reality. My reality here in Canada is that I need to get whatever is available while I can, or I starve to death. I get a job, burn out, spend months recovering, run out of money, get another terrible job, rinse, repeat. As for getting a job, it's the hardest part for me. Once I'm in everybody loves me because I'm intelligent, responsible, hard-working and incredibly reliable. But who cares? If you're a neurotypical HR manager I'm just a problem.

I am really resonating with almost all of the topics and points being made. Will share to help others see autism in a more positive light.

Good work guyz

at least she got help... I can't afford that, and my life in my country is not ideal. all that makes me depressed. I can't change my reality

Hey hey Olive!!! I found you, your hair is the best ❤❤❤ cant wait to see you guys at the next meet up online! Sorry I missed this last weekend ❤

So important. Thank you!

I had thought to be alone but at 57 I read the symptoms and said yeas to all. AANE let me understand that there are many of us. AANE has also supported my work as an artist and several of my paintings have been sold from the AANE Gallery. Living now in Canterbury, N.H. I can not attend meetings regularly but I still keep in touch. When at the first Aspie art show I saw others such as me and i said, " What Brave New World That Has Such People In It."

This helped a lot. Thank you.

I wanted to listen to this so much because of the content and experience of the speakers but the sound quality was so awful I couldn’t bear it. Read the room.

Love the Willie shirt!

This is a good message. My PCP doctor also told me this. I have moderate support needs and will never be independent by American standards. It is good to remember that we are all interdependent.

For anyone looking. The name of the book is the title of this video. The author and speaker in the video is Eva A. Mendes

Great content and very helpful. Presenters need to get it together! Reading to people with ZERO inflection is off-putting and patronizing at best! Shane on you!

Thank you for your work, it has immense value 🤍

Yay, Molly 🎉

ive tried to get help here in uk for my mental health problems and disabilities, and nothing !😢

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You did a good job on a live stream that you hosted a while ago!

Very helpful and informative!!! Thank you 🙏🏻 ❤

Tienen ayuda con advocate?

Hablan español?

Can people who got autism or down syndrome have affair or cheat on their boyfriends without never having no sex ?

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Please collaborate with Indian autistic groups.

This saved me ngl.

Thank you so much.

This is wonderful!

This planet is not "designed" for anybody---it is a hostile environment for all its inhabitants.

I feel like a burden at times. I am glad you told Rachel that she was not a burden.

If one's traits will not allow for an autonomous, independent, life and severely incapacitate the sufferer, of course he or she should mask those traits or work to diminish them or their effects. A crippling condition should not be 'protected' under the guise of diversity. Respect for the sufferers is a must, of course, but acceptance of disabilities that can be improved is counterproductive and hopeless resignation.

You need to consider that many of us are sensitive to sound quality. Please get a decent mic and cover the hard, flat surfaces in the he room with sound damping material.

I am overstimulated from the holiday season. I will finsh watching after I recover. Hopefully I will have the energy to share some of my experiences with this important topic. Keep up the good work and please do something nice to take care of yourself every day.

Yup. It is very tiring. Sometimes for days or weeks.

Yup. Make it to burnout.