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<blockquote data-quote="chrisb" data-source="post: 460872" data-attributes="member: 12811"><p>Hmmm, I would be surprised if he was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), but I can see he might have some traits in common. My uncle (on my mother's side, as opposed to my father's where all this ODD/ADD comes from) was clearly Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) & Autistic. He was born too long ago to be diagnosed as a child. He was just always 'weird' according to my mother. He lived with my grandfather until my grandmother passed away (he was probably 50 at this point) and my grandfather sold the house to basically get rid of him, he bought a trailer. He was a nice guy, but excruciatingly painful to talk to - he would tell you all about the minutia of his pizza deliveries, who tipped him, how may pizzas, etc. He was extremely stubborn. My grandfather tried to get him help, but he wouldn't go. He reached a point where he couldn't work because he refused to do certain things (like work at certain hours), couldn't get more training, etc. He was also diabetic and 5 years ago died of diabetic shock. My brothers and cousins cleaned out the trailer and it was very eye opening. He had taken everything he could have possibly stuffed into his trailer of things that was his mothers. His bedroom was filled with her clothes for example. It was in horrible condition, holes in the floor covered with plywood, thick dust everywhere. Stuffed to the gills, Piles of things he kept like receipts and bills, magazines, couldn't throw anything out, etc. We found a box of papers where he would keep it in his pocket and he wrote down everything he did every day and filed them in order. Looking back we realized how attached he was to his mother and when she died he really never did recover. I do worry that my son might be like him - he just wasn't ever able to function in society. I could see that he might have some traits along those lines, but he is pretty normal in a lot of ways.</p><p></p><p>Sorry, I know I'm going on and on, but I find it very useful to write out my thoughts "think out loud" so to speak.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chrisb, post: 460872, member: 12811"] Hmmm, I would be surprised if he was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), but I can see he might have some traits in common. My uncle (on my mother's side, as opposed to my father's where all this ODD/ADD comes from) was clearly Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) & Autistic. He was born too long ago to be diagnosed as a child. He was just always 'weird' according to my mother. He lived with my grandfather until my grandmother passed away (he was probably 50 at this point) and my grandfather sold the house to basically get rid of him, he bought a trailer. He was a nice guy, but excruciatingly painful to talk to - he would tell you all about the minutia of his pizza deliveries, who tipped him, how may pizzas, etc. He was extremely stubborn. My grandfather tried to get him help, but he wouldn't go. He reached a point where he couldn't work because he refused to do certain things (like work at certain hours), couldn't get more training, etc. He was also diabetic and 5 years ago died of diabetic shock. My brothers and cousins cleaned out the trailer and it was very eye opening. He had taken everything he could have possibly stuffed into his trailer of things that was his mothers. His bedroom was filled with her clothes for example. It was in horrible condition, holes in the floor covered with plywood, thick dust everywhere. Stuffed to the gills, Piles of things he kept like receipts and bills, magazines, couldn't throw anything out, etc. We found a box of papers where he would keep it in his pocket and he wrote down everything he did every day and filed them in order. Looking back we realized how attached he was to his mother and when she died he really never did recover. I do worry that my son might be like him - he just wasn't ever able to function in society. I could see that he might have some traits along those lines, but he is pretty normal in a lot of ways. Sorry, I know I'm going on and on, but I find it very useful to write out my thoughts "think out loud" so to speak. [/QUOTE]
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