The Revamped TSR Asperger's Society!

Does anyone here have any advice? Basically my school has told me flat out that they refuse to provide me with a quiet space to go when I go into overload/meltdown because "we're a large organisaton, do you expect us to provide this facility for everyone with aspergers?" They won't provide me with any support for this, so in effect they're telling me I can't come to school. My attendance is well below 70% because when I'm like this, I don't come in because I don't have anywhere to go. Advice? I've shown then guidelines from the National Autistic Society and examples of what universities provide, still nothing.

It looks as if I'm becoming quite the regular poster, you're all going to get awfully sick of me

Does anyone here have any advice? Basically my school has told me flat out that they refuse to provide me with a quiet space to go when I go into overload/meltdown because "we're a large organisaton, do you expect us to provide this facility for everyone with aspergers?" They won't provide me with any support for this, so in effect they're telling me I can't come to school. My attendance is well below 70% because when I'm like this, I don't come in because I don't have anywhere to go. Advice? I've shown then guidelines from the National Autistic Society and examples of what universities provide, still nothing.

It looks as if I'm becoming quite the regular poster, you're all going to get awfully sick of me

Does anyone on here have some days where they can talk to people and have some days where your totally silent and think everyone hates you...anyone experienced this before???

Quote the DDA, which states "you must make reasonable adjustments". Do not allow them to fob you off.

Don't worry about being a regular poster

I find this attitude quite annoying. It's actually not that hard for them to provide a room where you can go to. As previously advised, go to your SEN department for help

me!, I go from talkative and being happy with my life to thinking how everyone must hate me and being sad and having nothing to say

Exactly, there are plenty of empty rooms available that's why it's really annoying. They claimed that there weren't enough rooms for everyone on site with asperger's to use, but we're not all going to be using it at the same time! So frustrating.

Thankyou all for the advice

Does anyone on here have some days where they can talk to people and have some days where your totally silent and think everyone hates you...anyone experienced this before???

I do not understand their argument. Not everyone with Aspergers (my brother doesn't, I sort of do; mine is unavoidable unless I want to live in darkness and I don't think a friend has it) has sensory overload issues.

Can NAS speak on your behalf? Due to completely unrelated difficulties, I've had to contact a charity to speak on my behalf due to issues I'm having.

Has anyone been diagnosed as an adult? Brother was diagnosed as a child and I know the process is different. I really want to know what happens. The only person I know who has sort of been diagnosed (He was told he's Autistic around 2004 and I remember him saying that they're not sure where he is on the spectrum)

I was. Or I guess to be more exact, the process was carried out when I was 16, but wasn't confirmed to me in person until I asked several years later. But to be honest I don't think the differences are huge since they still need to gather the same sort of data. With kids it's "how is it now?" and with (young) adults it's "how was is then?". I was asked about my problems and life in general, my mom was interviewed about some stuff (mostly social issues as far as I remember), I filled out some sort of questionnaire, and there was also a looong neuropsych test.

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Hi, don't know if I'd be welcome, but my boyfriend has AS and I'd like to understand more about it. He will talk about it openly to me, but there are some things that he says/does, and I don't know whether it's just a man thing or whether it's specifically because he has AS (in which case I'd feel guilty for having a go at him over it). I won't ask anything yet, as I don't know if I'm welcome yet, but hi to everyone anyway!

I study Politics but I am taking a break on medical grounds.

I want to be the first MP with AS.

And hello everybody. Didn't know they had this society on TSR.

Neither did I, we're new.

I have aspergers.

But unlike most, I don't see it as a disadvantage. If anything, it's an advantage compared to the 'normals'.

Cool

So what brings you here?

I am supposed to go cycling and I am currently wasting time on here lol

I have aspergers.

But unlike most, I don't see it as a disadvantage. If anything, it's an advantage compared to the 'normals'.