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Jaide's Story

Hi, my name is Jaide. As you can imagine I have got autism. I was first diagnosed when I was 18 years old and it took 8 years from the early assessments when I was 10 years old to the day I could finally say I have autism. When I found out I was like YAY!!! I am autistic. Unfortunately, with my eyesight and my autism, I couldn’t tell what my friends and family thought when I got my autism diagnosed. 

Unfortunately, with my autism I struggle with friendships so don’t have any best friends. My favourite food is pizza, favourite colour is pink/ purple and my favourite place is the Metro Centre. 

My hobbies/ obsessions is Postcrossing (sending and receiving postcards from around the world), going on cruises, baking and cooking which leads to the tips I would give an autistic person. Try not to spend too long doing the things that you are obsessed with, to use all the help and support you are offered.

For parents/ carers with an autistic child my tips for you all would be to let your autistic child use any helplines that they need to, go to the GP for medication rather than CAMHS and try not to keep changing the plan.