My daughter is 30, lives at home, manages a part time job, but really struggles to find friends and now really wants a boyfriend.
She gets a direct payment from our local council to employ a PA who can help her socialise. This sadly hasn't been successful because she sees the pa as a friend and then gets down because in reality she's paying them to go out with her. I thought they might help her navigate on line dating sites as this is not my area of expertise, but she hasn't had much luck and was actually scammed on a site for disabled dating. I'm finding it a minefield tbh, possibly because she relies so much on me and I get concerned that maybe I'm over protective, but she is very vulnerable and often gets people wrong. She has struggled with some women in the workplace who she says see her as a deviant because of her autism and say things like all school shooters are on the spectrum!
I would appreciate any advice from other mums whose children are having similar experiences. I'd also love to know if there are dating sites that would be suitable for my daughter or any other ideas as to how she could be more successful in finding friends and love. She's a really sweet natured women and pretty. We've never understood why she has never really had one special friend.