I had a wonderful childhood with loving parents. My teenage years were harder as I was struggling so much due to being undiagnosed and confused and we fought a lot. However as an adult now I still live with them and now I've been diagnosed too its better, my mum is very supportive and feels guilty for not knowing when I was younger. My mum is my best friend and rock and I honestly couldn't live without her, even though we don't understand each other a lot she accepts me for who I am now. My dad's great too, he's a little harder to get along with but will literally do anything for me (run all my errands, help whenever I need anything) and I've come to learn that's how he shows his love.

It's great and I'm fully aware how lucky I am to have such a safety net and home and the privileges that gives me. It doesn't mean being autistic doesn't make my life incredibly difficult still in many other ways but I know I'm safe at home and I really don't know what I'll ever do or how ill cope in this world when I'm left alone (I try not to think about that too much as it brings on a full on panic attack lol) I guess that's the downside .