Communication with NT is very hard and often frustrating. I now am in the situation to have people hard of hearing around me and it's very difficult to cope.

It's exceedingly frustrating to have sudden interruptions or other 'plan changes' in the communication due to them simply not hearing. Eg in the middle of a thing you are doing for someone they turn away because they think they are not addressed or the communication is over.

Do you have experience with this and if so, how do you deal with it?

Apologies if this could be against rule 1. I don't think so personally but feel free to remove if mod thinks so.

So, I lost my friend. He was a good friend and knew levels of me really well that possibly nobody does. But this is not a mourning post.

Aside from the tragedy, it's dull (as insensitive as this might sound). Looking and finding new contacts is a huge challenge filled with a lot of setbacks. Lots of work, I am certain most of you will understand.

So life just got a lot duller.

Edit: thank you for the empathy.

Edit: apologies if I am not thanking everyone separately, I do read all of them. It is very supportive and heartwarming and possibly one of the best moments in responses for me since the beginning of the public internet (not exaggerating, I do remember)

I purchased a set of new ones because they were old and brittle and one rubber has already split.

One of the three (2 front 1 back) I had to break apart with a pipe wrench to get it off because it was completely stuck.

So, we're in 2026. The process of getting into a new year is mostly a busy, loud thing.

How do you do it? Do you have any ways of coping or getting around the stress?

For me it's mostly limiting the amount of people and having a safe space to be able to go back to when needed. But I am pondering better methods.

Edit: I mean the new years eve, party and fireworks directly.

Hey!

If there's confusion related to the title,its just a reference that the system has won, I lost, once again.

So my paid for professional diagnosis is done for now, I am refused the official recognition as an Autist. It's all still there though.

I am livid. And empty.

I guess it's my fault since >40 years of adapting and masking can make you too social, that's what it broke down to. I am friendly and open and excel at masking.

They don't see the price I (we) pay.

Apologies for the rant. I need your support.

The Oktoberfest has been evacuated and closed down, pending to reopen at 5pm local time.

Development is ongoing and changing by the minute.

So here I am, pretty confident in what I am but diagnosis is upcoming but not yet done.

Still, for different reasons I am in therapy. It happens to revolve around generic stuff which might be useful for people who don't know themselves very well or have suppressed emotions or other stuff. All of which is definetly not me.

Mostly I know what he's getting at but I feel I am far ahead in my thoughts and out of his league.

I also know what some of the answers are going to be (both sides basically) but would like to ask for your experience with neurotypical therapists.

In short: I don't think they have any idea of our scope and can not apply their knowledge appropriately.

Edit: thanks for the answers (so far and maybe following)! The situation I stated left quite a bit out on details, especially the credit that I got on the right path due to the help of the therapy. Apologies for that. However, my focus was on the current state and that's where I was thinking of asking about your experiences.

Hallo zusammen.

Also ich bin jetzt an dem Punkt wo ich eine professionelle ADOS Diagnose brauche und stelle erschrocken fest dass die Situation annähernd hoffnungslos ist.

Nirgendwo im ganzen Land werden überhaupt noch Patienten angenommen, nichtmal mit Wartezeit.

Gedanken und Meinung hierzu erspare ich mir mal.

Hat hierzu vielleicht jemand Tipps? Danke.

Hello!

Is there a place where one could offer stories which would be interesting to write to authors which might be looking for stories?

I have a life story to give and work out but I am no author, but I think it's worth telling.

Other than straight up paying a ghost writer, are there people interested in doing this?

Thanks