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Explanation of Aspergers vs. autism vs. Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 636938" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I haven't been here in a while, life is a bit complicated. But it is interesting to see how our kids are going. difficult child 3 will be 21 in a few months' time. He also is immature in his social aspects, no interest in girls yet that we have seen. He's made some friends on line (male) who I think have confused him further about his sexuality. </p><p></p><p>Diet and weight - difficult child 3 is a stick. mother in law is always fussing about how thin he is, and how pale (typical gamer complexion). We have got him to eat a wider variety of foods (as long as we avoid the textures he hates) by getting him to taste them and tell us what he likes and doesn't like about them. Creamy textures have been a problem for him, but we've managed to expand his repertoire there too. He still won't have cream, but he will eat bechamel sauce now, and will tolerate butter cream on cakes. easy child 2/difficult child 2 is fussy about food too, won't eat anything with 'bits' in it. Although she doesn't have an official diagnosis of Asperger's (other than 'borderline') her diet is far worse. She also was a stick until she had a baby. Now she's got baby weight, not helped by poor diet.</p><p></p><p>As for Asperger's and hurting others - I have seen it happen, usually as reaction. But we've also had cases of criminal attack being linked to the person having Asperger's. A lot of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) support networks in Australia have become very upset with the media reporting of this, because often the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis is not an official one, or is unconfirmed. I think the media reporting is also due to poor understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). For example, a certain mass murderer in Australia who appeared to be remorseless and conscienceless was claimed to be Aspie. But with the information that came out, the guy had a lot of other problems too, his social inappropriateness was more down to sociopathy. His name doesn't get mentioned and he will never be released.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 636938, member: 1991"] I haven't been here in a while, life is a bit complicated. But it is interesting to see how our kids are going. difficult child 3 will be 21 in a few months' time. He also is immature in his social aspects, no interest in girls yet that we have seen. He's made some friends on line (male) who I think have confused him further about his sexuality. Diet and weight - difficult child 3 is a stick. mother in law is always fussing about how thin he is, and how pale (typical gamer complexion). We have got him to eat a wider variety of foods (as long as we avoid the textures he hates) by getting him to taste them and tell us what he likes and doesn't like about them. Creamy textures have been a problem for him, but we've managed to expand his repertoire there too. He still won't have cream, but he will eat bechamel sauce now, and will tolerate butter cream on cakes. easy child 2/difficult child 2 is fussy about food too, won't eat anything with 'bits' in it. Although she doesn't have an official diagnosis of Asperger's (other than 'borderline') her diet is far worse. She also was a stick until she had a baby. Now she's got baby weight, not helped by poor diet. As for Asperger's and hurting others - I have seen it happen, usually as reaction. But we've also had cases of criminal attack being linked to the person having Asperger's. A lot of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) support networks in Australia have become very upset with the media reporting of this, because often the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis is not an official one, or is unconfirmed. I think the media reporting is also due to poor understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). For example, a certain mass murderer in Australia who appeared to be remorseless and conscienceless was claimed to be Aspie. But with the information that came out, the guy had a lot of other problems too, his social inappropriateness was more down to sociopathy. His name doesn't get mentioned and he will never be released. [/QUOTE]
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