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Hi there, I'm the 31 year old mother of a 7 year old boy with high functioning autistic spectrum disorder. He is the most beautiful boy in the world. It's actually me having some problems at the moment though with anxiety among other things, I have just realised I am also on the spectrum. I have never made friends easily and am currenly in the process of losing the ones I do have. I'm used to it though, it's been happening all my life. I'm not dumb or mean, in fact I'm pretty smart and I'm really very nice. But I have a huge problem communicating with people, misunderstandings happen often and then spiral out of control, and I just don't have a good enough ability to communicate on a face to face level to sort things out. I don't pick up on social cues, and I don't always laugh when I'm suppose to, and I always say the wrong thing. But I'm not a bad person, I just don't have a clue when it comes to social situations. And this makes me very lonely.

Hi jet. You sound a lot like me. I look forward to getting to know you. I've seen a few of your posts here and you seem like a very nice person with good inteligence. I look forward to the many discussions we will inevitably engage in.

so who are you? you seem to be the administrator, who does a great job, but.....

I'm just someone who likes to help. Yes, i am one of the moderators here on the forums and in the chat room as well but i'm just a person who has suffered for a long time. I have my story on here as well under the "my story" section but it's a bit triggering.