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I am feeling like one big failure as a mother....Vent
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 646979" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Your son will be able to get adult supports if his diagnosis is Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified/Aspergers it's all lumped together as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) now. You can't take the autism obsessions out of somebody. I have no idea why, but many ASDers obsess over videogames. My son has a notebook with every videogame character he knows of, the first time they appeared on games, their age, etc. It is very neatly written in a binder. I can't control him from thinking about these characters all the time. When he isn't playiing games, he is thinking about them. Autism is not about balance...not as kids or adults. Once your son moves out, he will likely work, like mine, and buy every system he can and all the games he can. My son also likes movies. I'm just glad he can take care of himself, work, and has learned A LOT about his particular type of preferred socialization. Bipolar is a brain disorder, which is different. Autism is a neurological difference. It is not mental illness. And obsessions are part of the neurological difference.</p><p>My son is out of the house working every day. If he wants to game the rest of the time (his only friends also have gaming obsessions) I couldn't care less. For one thing, I can't stop it. For another, he is probably the happiest, most upbeat and even keeled young man on the planet.I'll take it. Of all my kids, he is the happiest.</p><p></p><p>I can't say I was ever that way with my mood disorder. At his age (21) I was all over the road, up/down, right/left, a total mess. I had lots of interests and was well rounded, but I was so unhappy too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 646979, member: 1550"] Your son will be able to get adult supports if his diagnosis is Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified/Aspergers it's all lumped together as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) now. You can't take the autism obsessions out of somebody. I have no idea why, but many ASDers obsess over videogames. My son has a notebook with every videogame character he knows of, the first time they appeared on games, their age, etc. It is very neatly written in a binder. I can't control him from thinking about these characters all the time. When he isn't playiing games, he is thinking about them. Autism is not about balance...not as kids or adults. Once your son moves out, he will likely work, like mine, and buy every system he can and all the games he can. My son also likes movies. I'm just glad he can take care of himself, work, and has learned A LOT about his particular type of preferred socialization. Bipolar is a brain disorder, which is different. Autism is a neurological difference. It is not mental illness. And obsessions are part of the neurological difference. My son is out of the house working every day. If he wants to game the rest of the time (his only friends also have gaming obsessions) I couldn't care less. For one thing, I can't stop it. For another, he is probably the happiest, most upbeat and even keeled young man on the planet.I'll take it. Of all my kids, he is the happiest. I can't say I was ever that way with my mood disorder. At his age (21) I was all over the road, up/down, right/left, a total mess. I had lots of interests and was well rounded, but I was so unhappy too. [/QUOTE]
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