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Harley_Quinn
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I have recently been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the last year, at the age of 24, suffering associated anxiety and OCD symptoms as a result. As a child I wore splints and received physiotherapy for mild cerebral palsy - which means I can't walk too far or fast without walking on my toes and having a burning pain in my shins. I was premature and very small when born so have a vp shunt for hydrocephalus. Would I be able to claim pip or esa? Thanks
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Hi to you Harley,
Sorry you are having so many problems like me.
I was also born Premature @t 32 weeks with lots of health problems if you would like to stay in touch let me know would be nice if you would as would be very helpfull.
Colourfull. -
@Colourfull hi what would you like to talk about?
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Hi Harley,
I just find it So Hard to do the things that everyday people do, normally such as housework I had to take a steroid just to do 3 days housework.
And get a lot of pain n stiffness in all my joints and also a lot of swelling in the back of my shoulder too docs tuesday.
I also find it So Hard to loose weight this really annoys me as I can' cope with being overweight diabetes arthritis and
fibromyalgia all from being premature.
Thanks for Listening.
Colourfull. -
@Colourfull hi I'm sorry to hear about that, I'm unable to comment on the arthritis pain issue, but I can relate to having difficulty doing every day things that other people don't think about like walking as quickly as others, being able to make eye contact when talking, and I struggle with sensory things like I'm feel the cold a lot and noise distresses me
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