Autism Message Boards: I am an adult with Autisme looking for some advice

hello I have just singed up to be a member os this forum. Here is a little bit about myself.

I am 24 years old and was diganosed with High funtioning autism when I was 14 years old? the date is a little fuzzy. it took a long time to find out because everyone in my elementary school thought that I had anger issues ect. thery really had no clue. I was kinda the first in the area that the school district had to deal with.

I got to do a little bit of therapy with a doctor who knew somthing about autisme

but that lasted about 6 months. I spent 9 months in a mental instatuion and a year in foster homes before I turned 18. other than the doctor I have had absolutly know support but what I was able to do myself ( that was really hard)

By my 18th birthday I immeaditly joined the US Navy ( I kept quite about my condition to get in) , by the way my obsesion is the military. Boy was that experience hard. It nearly destroyed me as a person. Because they did not know my difficulties they cut me absolutly know slack. If anything they came down on me in a way only the military can with absolutle athouraty. I managed to get through boot camp, A school, B.E.S.S (basic enlisted submarine school)and got to the fleet (COMSUBGRP 10) where it all fell apart. Do to the lack of social skills, and unscrupuls senior NCO's, I was discharged with general disharge with honorable conditions(section 8) I came out with PTSD, persnonality disorder, chronic depression (I tried to committ suicied 5 times when I was in the service), and insomnea.

It tooke me 5 years to put myself back together. I have tired to work I have had about 15 jobs non that lasted more than 8 months. I then when to Trinidad Sate Junoir College last year to study Heavy equipment operator past my first semester with a B avarage. but in this last semsester everything fell apart like it did in the Navy. and I have been forced to withdraw from classes.

So in summary I have high functioning autsim wich alows me to communicate and semi function but do to my lack of interpersonal skills, wich allow unscrupulos people to attack me for personal gain. I live on my own (I am on SSDI) for now with absolutly no support, and could be homeless in a couple of months.

I probably could use some threapy to help me live a self supporting independent life but there is none. So if anyone on this forum could point me somewher I would appriciate it. I could use all of the help I can get

So that is a quick and dirty about me

sorry it was so long

Glen

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