Older Aspie, Accident brought me Here

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Hi. I am glad to find you. I have had autism for a long time and still cannot cope with it. I had many ways of trying to do so, but in Jan I had an accident. I acquired a TBI as well as many injuries. Because my autism makes me hyper, I was unable to do the things I needed to do. I was also unable to read and engage in my interests. In short, I have been living in hell.

I am writing to see if anyone here has had either an accident or illness which stopped them from doing all the things that comfort them.

My life was already so hard. I am older, and endured much abuse when young. No one knew what was wrong with me. I was abused in every way you can think of. But I endured and survived and carved out a little life full of the things that comfort me. Then the accident.

Some things are much better. I am surprised I survived. It was only by some merciful people who showed me kindness, but they are now moved away.

O K , just wanting to say Hi, and hope to hear from how others coped.

Sorry to hear that. I'm such an outlier that I used the rehab, paid for by insurance, and my own personal efforts, to actually come out of it better than before I had the accident. Not only am I working full time and living in a paid up home, I can stand up on a ladder and fix the plumbing! I don't mind cleaning up the mess considering all the money I'm saving. It helps my self esteem when I can do stuff like that. How else can you get a rusted out pipe fixed for only $15.

^^I'm sending you much love, light, and kitty hugs.

OkRad, my daughter has had multiple concussions and I have to tell you that they make the autism struggle many times harder. But at the same time, she has a good support system around her which she didn't always have. Executive function is going to be much harder for you for the foreseeable future. Is it possible to get a case manager assigned through your health system? This person could coordinate many things to help you get back on track. If not, see if the county health service or the disability agency for your area provide social workers - they should - and one of them could be of quite a bit of help to you.

I'm sorry you're having a rough time, but I hope things turn around soon for you.

I have gone through some medical problems, like severe allergic reactions as a child that left me hospitalized, and the way I coped was by learning new hobbies that I could do in my compromised state. I can't imagine how hard it must be to have a brain injury, but I do know that every part of the human body can heal. In the meantime, you might find new interests. Think about what you can do, and work with that.

Welcome to WP!

Welcome to Wrong Planet

We have a lot of older Autistic People that have gone through the varoius travails of bieng undiagnosed for decades. We have members in thier 40's, 50's,60's and 70's.

I had a mild stroke and tongue cancer which has prevents me from doing plenty of things I want to do.

We are the survivors, it is something to be proud of.

Wow! THank you guys. We are survivors and it is possible to be Autistic and still survive. Your stories give me hope. I go to a TBI clinic monday. And they are doing a two day assessment on the autism at a big autism clinic to see the extent of it. it was dxed about 8 years ago, but it was not one of those two day thingys. So I hope they can see what is TBI and what is Autism.

A big thing is not recognizing faces which is overlapping but never happened before accident.

Well, I guess I will pry my butt off this chair and go walk on a treadmill. A friend at the gym has a team that goes opposite my team and they lost yesterday. Time to rib him. hehehe. He will get me next time!