Where would you most likely need help due to autism issues?

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For those on the autistic spectrum, or awaiting assessment or self assessed etc, assuming help is available, which areas do you think you may be needing or need help?
You can select more then one option.

I have done this in poll form so one can remain secret.

Pretty much all categories, but the root problem is the mostly same - my executive functioning. I could struggle with any of those things if I get bogged down in anxiety and procrastination, or if I get stuck in a rigid routine which I need some help getting out of - even if it's just someone to support better habits while I make them into a new, better routine. I don't need huge amounts of help - less than an hour a week would probably be plenty unless I was really burned out - just someone to oil my brain every once in a while to stop it from seizing!

I also ticked 'other'. I need advocacy; someone who can speak on my behalf when I need to deal with important telephone calls, meet with officials, attend benefit assessments - any time that complex negotiations might leave me tongue-tied or pressured to agree to something that I don't quite understand. I used to have an advocate for a year or so, just to help as and when needed, and he made a massive difference to my quality of life. It also meant that I had a single, trusted contact to get in touch with whenever I needed to get important things done, instead of having to deal with dozens of different strangers. Sadly, the organisation he worked for lost their budget from the local council, and I'm really missing his help - he was damned good at his job, and very easy to communicate with.

I am not very good at budgeting or understanding the math of my income and balance, due to my Dyscalculia. So I may need a bit of support with that if I lived alone.

I don't think there is anything else I need help with, as I'm very high-functioning.

None whatsoever, really.

Don't like relying on compensations. Would rather be the accommodator than the one to accommodate.


Communication, comprehension, and working memory needs work though.

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Housing - my adult life has been spent in trailers. It's sometimes busy, noisy, I feel hemmed in.

Confidence - It's low and I have a block with reaching out to old friends. Apparently lots of people like me but I dodge them like crazy.

Work - I've bumped along the bottom and making my own way isn't always easy.

Health - Usual problems of neglect, lack of structured routines, depression etc.

Edit: just realised that this was a poll, I ticked counciling, I just about manage to eek out an existence. I joined a local aspie group last night, they meet for coffee twice a month, I'll drag myself over.

I ticked form filling. Its not that I can't do stuff like that, but some longer and more complicated forms can be stressful, and you get fed up of them after a while.

I put form filling as sometimes when things aren't worded directly it just doesn't make sense ha or I think about All the possibilities a question could mean and get confused on what answer they want

Then emotional support... I suffer a lot with anxiety, at the moment I'm. Struggling to meet people and I am alone a lot but going counselling again soon so hopefully it helps

I ticked emotional support. I need help with managing being overwhelmed by so many things so much of the time. To help me avoid getting to a point of needing self harm to cope. I would also like help with managing day to day things like dr and dentist appointments/phone calls, things which require so much energy on my part to sort out and often get neglected or avoided which leads to greater anxiety and physical suffering on my part.

Income, emotional support, and driving (due to spatial processing difficulties).

I put financial income, emotional support, and other, transportation being the other main thing I can think of since I have major attention issues that would make me an unsafe driver. Really I need help with all of the things listed, but I think those are the only ones that are actually caused by my autism and not something else (dyscalculia, memory issues caused by ECT, etc.).

I put in form filling even though I have little trouble with other stuff too...

I can wash, feed etc. myself just fine, though I learned a bit later than people usually do. I can handle housework on my own, though with some rarer tasks I need to use google or send a message or two to mom. But in general, I can handle things.

Budgeting is something I'd say I'm actually good at, but with zero income that talent would do no good... I have a job now so all's good, but getting a job or even an unpaid trainee's position has always been hard for me, guess my body language leaves a bad impression or something. So I suppose I could say that I need help with making connections with other people? You know, I need someone to convince others that it's not dangerous to give me a chance?

As for emotional support, I do need it, but I don't think it has anything to do with autism. Everyone needs some support at some point.

Financially income, budget help and some sort of social support like joining a charity etc. So i don't become a hermit and my ocd doesn't get bad.

Finding myself work in order to make my own income and proper financial budgeting because I am not very good at it.

Financial income, financial budgeting, form filling, and shopping.

Everything on the list. Except maybe form filling. I don't know for sure about financial budgeting. It hasn't really been put to the test outside of how I handle fake money in a video game. Then again I have sort of bankrupted myself a few times on it.

I picked 'Other' as I would like help finding a job. I volunteer for 2 days a week now and I enjoy it but I would like to be paid for it.

I also picked budgeting because it seems I'm always poor. I have a car and have always been told that it's hard to keep one because they're money pits. It's true, heh. Just to be able to save some money and not be broke all the time would be a relief from worrying about money constantly.