Son has no friends

[Joscathouse]

Hello.
Don’t know if anyone can offer advice but my 15 year old son has absolutely no friends. We believe he is somewhere on the autistic spectrum. He is quite socially awkward and finds kids his own age very intimidating. He cannot cope with lots of people and noise as he finds it overwhelming. He does not attend school as he could not cope with the number of kids, noise etc so has been homeschooled since the start of secondary school. This means he doesn’t see any other kids and he won’t join clubs or anything like that. He is at home all the time and it breaks my heart when I see other teenage boys doing normal teenage things whilst my lovely son is shut away in the house. Any advice would be much appreciated?

Hi . Came across your post and I was just wondering how yous are getting on as my 15 year old son is on the same situation

Hey, my 15 yr old son is also really struggling - its really difficult and heart breaking x

My son is nearly 16 he is just the same he would love to be out on a Saturday meeting friends but he does not have any. He attends college a fresh start course abd enjoys it and mixes well with the girls..Due ti being bullied in primary school he think feels the boys quite threatening. He too been home schooled since primary school he could not cope and he’s tried twice. He comes across as very mature, he’s quite controlling towards me if i am nipping out he has to know how long abs and where am I going. it’s really hard it really is and like you breaks my heart when I see others out socialising. I love him dearly but oh my it’s a path to go down ..