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Hello everyone any good suggestions for getting to know more and find people to chat with
10 February 2026
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Just diagnosed and new to this site.
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Hi Warwick! Hi welcome to NDSA! Introducing yourself is a good first step! Browse the forum, see if there's any threads that interest...
10 February 2026
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Should I stop telling people that I have ASD?
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Hi Broady, This is really sad. Shame on those women. To your face they make themselves feel better by 'accepting' you, but then when...
9 February 2026
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Hi I’m new here
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Hello, welcome!
6 February 2026
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Hello all
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Hello, welcome. Many of us here have a similar story,
6 February 2026
UnicornSpoon
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The prevalence of autism in women is the same as in men and is about 3%
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Cool. :unsure:
5 February 2026
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Females may be just as likely to be autistic as males but boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood. The...
5 February 2026
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Hello! Recently late-diagnosed
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Hi Agatha! Welcome to the forum, we're so glad to have you! I'm chuffed that you got diagnosed, now hopefully things can start to make...
28 January 2026
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Thanks UnicornSpoon, this is the information I needed to hear to reassure me. The mindless antisocials that do this stuff simply don’t...
28 January 2026
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Pathway Mentoring Programme
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We are getting organised to run the Pathway programme again in March. Messages will go out inviting potential mentees to a welcome...
28 January 2026
UnicornSpoon
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Need to be serious for a minute.
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Hi Wade, YES, I promise you completely NO ONE has access to the mentor/mentee forums except for actual mentors and mentees. Everyone...
28 January 2026
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Hi UnicornSpoon, Yes, we know and appreciate all your efforts. Can you just reassure us that the mentors and mentees forums, which so...
28 January 2026
UnicornSpoon
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Need to be serious for a minute.
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Sigh. The problem is there's only so much I can do. These are human people bypassing the CAPTCHA and coming onto the forum, and we just...
28 January 2026
UnicornSpoon
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Hi UnicornSpoon, I’m incredibly grateful for all your efforts. My Autistic life is all about managing my anxiety and level of threat...
27 January 2026
UnicornSpoon
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Good christ I had no idea you guys really feel this way... I'll try and talk to Marie about ways to stop the spam and scammers, if not...
27 January 2026
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