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Hi, my name's Emily-Jo, I'm 19 and live in the UK and I was diagnosed with AS two months ago, and I am therefore sort of uneducated on the topic so far. I was prompted to go looking on wikipedia for places like this after a girl in my Open University department made me aware that there were places like this out there. Uhm.. what to say? Heh, I feel sort of nervous about being here. Luckily due to having very supportive, open minded and anti-normality parents, I've actually got this far relatively unscathed. The main negative part of my life influenced by AS has been bullying, I was bullied from the age of 5 until 16, when I left my high school for a sixth form college, and people constantly underestimating me until I got to day college and made a fresh start where nobody knew me. I've achieved really well academically and can function well in my home environment and local area, or anywhere as long as I'm with a family member, but when I'm on my own in a new environment I tend to either flounder, have panic attacks, or just.. space out. I don't really know what else to say, I'm still learning to verbalise all of this but.. Hi! It's really good to be here, I'm glad this place exists.

Thanks,
Em
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Welcome! Your story sounds like mine!

You don't need to worry about being "scathed" here.

Welcome to WP!

Tim

Nice to meet you, msgreengenes.

hiya

Where in the uk? (thats not cause im coming round your house, just asking )

Thanks everyone :)

And near shrewsbury, technomonk. Live just inside Wales, but call Shropshire my home :)

Ah I live in stoke on trent, not so far. I was born in wales too


Enjoy WP

Oh cool not too far away :)

Thankyou

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