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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 349136" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Hi, and welcome.</p><p>We call my son Aspie-lite, a phrase I "borrowed" from a mom on the board. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>It's just a milder manifestation of symptoms. It's used for kids and adults who are highly functioning, IOW, they can fly under the radar and get away with-a lot of behaviors by being clowns, or very polite, or otherwise not having a meltdown or being too rigid. My son's behaviors now, during puberty, are much better in some ways, but worse in others. Once he sets his mind to something, it's like moving heaven and earth to get him to change his mind. I sometimes wonder if the old guy who lived under the shadow of Mt St. Helens when it erupted so many yrs ago wasn't Aspie. If you recall, park rangers and police repeatedly told him that the volcano was going to erupt and he needed to leave, and he wouldn't leave his home. So they left him ... and the home was covered with-lava. </p><p>Autism/Asperger's is a spectrum disorder, meaning that it can run the gamut from being severe (unable to speak or even stay clothed) to being barely noticeable, just a bit quirky. No two Aspies are alike, but there are enough similarities that at some point, it is possible to make a diagnosis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 349136, member: 3419"] Hi, and welcome. We call my son Aspie-lite, a phrase I "borrowed" from a mom on the board. :) It's just a milder manifestation of symptoms. It's used for kids and adults who are highly functioning, IOW, they can fly under the radar and get away with-a lot of behaviors by being clowns, or very polite, or otherwise not having a meltdown or being too rigid. My son's behaviors now, during puberty, are much better in some ways, but worse in others. Once he sets his mind to something, it's like moving heaven and earth to get him to change his mind. I sometimes wonder if the old guy who lived under the shadow of Mt St. Helens when it erupted so many yrs ago wasn't Aspie. If you recall, park rangers and police repeatedly told him that the volcano was going to erupt and he needed to leave, and he wouldn't leave his home. So they left him ... and the home was covered with-lava. Autism/Asperger's is a spectrum disorder, meaning that it can run the gamut from being severe (unable to speak or even stay clothed) to being barely noticeable, just a bit quirky. No two Aspies are alike, but there are enough similarities that at some point, it is possible to make a diagnosis. [/QUOTE]
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