I have joined a few private Facebook groups for support and guidance. I read the posts regularly but don’t often comment as normally by the time I read the post, someone has already commented on what I was thinking too!
I have asked a couple of questions on the pages too and had some good feedback so it’s worth joining some pages to realise you are not alone and others are going through what you are.
The pages I have joined are:
- Autism Support UK: Parent & Carer
- UK Sensory Processing Disorder Support
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, through my eyes discussion group
- Bricks for Autism
I recently read a post by a woman that had been out with her son at a fireworks display and started talking to the lady beside her. She mentioned that her son had autism, to which the lady replied, oh he doesn’t look autistic. The woman commented that she was really upset at this comment and asked the group, what does autism look like?
When I initially read the woman’s post I agreed with how upset she was as I would have been upset too. To me, the lady was pointing out that he looked ‘normal’. Then I started reading some of the comments and my thinking turned around. I commented on the post and said be proud of your son tonight as he was coping so well.
Super Autism Mum 