If you are significantly impaired, post here.

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By impaired I mean a at least a minimum of not being able to leave your house. I'm in that situation.

Nobody here is in this situation? I have only met one person here like this too so far

I can't leave the house by myself. I get lost really easily.

I can't leave the house either. I have too much anxiety when I do. The only time I ever do is when I'm going somewhere with my parents, and that's usually about it. :/

I deleted my earlier post. I don't live semi-independently yet.

Well I can't go back to school and have been off for ages. Not even sure if I ever am gonna finish my A levels Had to see so many doctors and people from CAHMS because I got so overloaded I cut my arm and it needed 5 stitches, and since then things haven't got any better. I just can't remember any of my school work nor am I motivated to do it. Everything is a mess at the moment. Spent 8 hours detained in hospital which was possibly the worst 8 hours of my life, they were convinced I was going to kill myself if I left the room I was in so much of a state. But you know, other than that, things are alright. Not sure if this counts as significantly impaired but it sure does suck.

I can leave my apartment, but only to explore the quiet, calm, and familiar neighborhood that is next to it, and only if I am with my service dog, at least, or a family member. I do have rare appointments with my autism support coordinator and occupational therapist - accompanied by my service dog and my sister, of course - but even that is getting harder and harder to do.

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31st of July, 2013
Diagnosed: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Auditory-Verbal Processing Speed Disorder, and Visual-Motor Processing Speed Disorder.

Weak Emerging Social Communicator (The Social Thinking-­Social Communication Profile by Michelle Garcia Winner, Pamela Crooke and Stephanie Madrigal)

"I am silently correcting your grammar."

I am sorry about not replying sooner. I was unsure about your parameters: if you meant physically impossible to leave the house (for example, bed-ridden), psychologically objectionable (for example, agoraphobic), cautiously inadvisable (for example, no sense of danger), or some other combination of cause and level of effect. Also, if you just wanted to discuss the difficulty of leaving the house, or if you wanted to discuss all of the problems faced by people who are that significantly impaired compared to the problems faced by people less impaired.

So, I am not sure if I, or my experience, qualifies for your thread, but I thought I would finally post it in case it helps.

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31st of July, 2013
Diagnosed: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Auditory-Verbal Processing Speed Disorder, and Visual-Motor Processing Speed Disorder.

Weak Emerging Social Communicator (The Social Thinking-­Social Communication Profile by Michelle Garcia Winner, Pamela Crooke and Stephanie Madrigal)

"I am silently correcting your grammar."

I cannot get further than the end of my quiet street alone as I cannot cross the road without assistance, for my own safety and for that of others. I have a government-funded taxi to and from university. I am highly intelligent but need a full time support worker at uni, i.e. with me at all times except when I need to go to the loo (although she waits outside the loos for me). I cannot go to busy areas such as Central London or supermarkets at all, even with support, as I exhibit challenging behaviour. I was in supported housing for five years because of my autism - I couldn't do basic tasks and I was a danger to myself very often (and sometimes to others). I now live alone but I have frequent support worker visits as I struggle to maintain the house beyond cleaning it. If someone comes to the door I don't answer it unless I know the person (i.e. support worker). I am doing exam revision at home now and I can spend days without leaving the house, even with support worker sessions, I often am so scared of the sensory hell that is outside. I have to wear sunglasses during the daytime, even at all.

I've been detained under the Mental Health Act by the police many times for what I've done during challenging behaviour. I've also been in a secure unit 5 times.

Although I am trying my best to battle these autistic issues. I really want to finish this BSc Pharmacology course, then do an MSc in Neuropsychiatry and one day I would love to do a PhD.

I don't want autism to limit my life as much as it does now.