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I asked son "What does Autism mean to you?"
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 226602" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Marg, my son isn't at the academic levels your kids are. He is in 9th grade and was tested and is around 5th grade level. He does well in school and tries hard, but he's not advanced. He was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, but recently Aspergers. Not all Aspies can live independently, and I'm ok with it if he can't completely do it. As for love and marriage, right now he doesn't WANT that, and I sure don't want to nudge him toward a life he isn't interested in. If one day he changes his mind and it happens, then it does. But that's something he may not ever warm up to. He likes to have people to talk to--to a point. But I can really see how having somebody around too much would crowd his space. Maybe a female Aspie would work...lol. He is still youngish--impossible to predict the far future. I have three other kids that I see and one grandson--they are all typical. I can handle one who is "wired differently!" He is just a wonderful young man, but he will never be able to take a leadership role at work and take charge. Somebody is going to have to tell him what to do and, he'll do a good job, but he's not a self-starter. Job Services will probably have to place him, and that's ok. He'll enjoy anything he does if the people think he is doing well and working hard. Although he can "pass" at a familiar place like school, it is VERY obvious he is Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) when he is around people he doesn't see as often. I can't see him doing well in retail where he'd have to talk to people a lot. So we'll see. He is a pretty typical Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) adult--high funcntioning, but not one of the brainiacs <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 226602, member: 1550"] Marg, my son isn't at the academic levels your kids are. He is in 9th grade and was tested and is around 5th grade level. He does well in school and tries hard, but he's not advanced. He was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, but recently Aspergers. Not all Aspies can live independently, and I'm ok with it if he can't completely do it. As for love and marriage, right now he doesn't WANT that, and I sure don't want to nudge him toward a life he isn't interested in. If one day he changes his mind and it happens, then it does. But that's something he may not ever warm up to. He likes to have people to talk to--to a point. But I can really see how having somebody around too much would crowd his space. Maybe a female Aspie would work...lol. He is still youngish--impossible to predict the far future. I have three other kids that I see and one grandson--they are all typical. I can handle one who is "wired differently!" He is just a wonderful young man, but he will never be able to take a leadership role at work and take charge. Somebody is going to have to tell him what to do and, he'll do a good job, but he's not a self-starter. Job Services will probably have to place him, and that's ok. He'll enjoy anything he does if the people think he is doing well and working hard. Although he can "pass" at a familiar place like school, it is VERY obvious he is Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) when he is around people he doesn't see as often. I can't see him doing well in retail where he'd have to talk to people a lot. So we'll see. He is a pretty typical Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) adult--high funcntioning, but not one of the brainiacs ;) [/QUOTE]
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