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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 682215" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Welcome to the "club", or as my grandmother said when I was a few months old and already talking sentences (mixed Yiddish and English), "I guess we've got ANOTHER odd duck."</p><p></p><p>I was reading "chapter books" at 3 years of age. Hyperlexic much?</p><p></p><p>The "experts" aren't sure just what type of autism I have because I've compensated so well. They were thinking Asperger's as I didn't have the speech delay, but my other characteristics are more high-functioning autism or Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD).</p><p></p><p>I was also a premature c-section due to maternal hemorrhage, and had a stroke in the NICU. I recovered except for some foot drop in my left leg, but I have a rather interesting MRI as there is a little "hole" in my right frontal lobe.</p><p></p><p>While I was busily gaining weight, learning how to breathe properly, and recovering from my stroke, my parents were told I'd have to be institutionalized!</p><p></p><p>I don't think the stroke played any role in the autism. The bipolar was a contribution from the paternal side (dad was and sister is bipolar).</p><p></p><p>Luckily, for the most part, the autism goes along with very high intelligence on my maternal side, though there have been a few cousins that had been institutionalized.</p><p></p><p>My mother, who was 73 when diagnosed, was told she needed this therapy and that intervention, and just laughed. She worked for 50 years, has a college degree and CPA.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, while I inherited the autism from her, I did NOT inherit her executive function, and with the medications for bipolar, my memory is shot.</p><p></p><p>Mother is now 83 and as autistic as ever. But, with two bipolar daughters, she is the voice of sanity in the wilderness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 682215, member: 1963"] Welcome to the "club", or as my grandmother said when I was a few months old and already talking sentences (mixed Yiddish and English), "I guess we've got ANOTHER odd duck." I was reading "chapter books" at 3 years of age. Hyperlexic much? The "experts" aren't sure just what type of autism I have because I've compensated so well. They were thinking Asperger's as I didn't have the speech delay, but my other characteristics are more high-functioning autism or Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). I was also a premature c-section due to maternal hemorrhage, and had a stroke in the NICU. I recovered except for some foot drop in my left leg, but I have a rather interesting MRI as there is a little "hole" in my right frontal lobe. While I was busily gaining weight, learning how to breathe properly, and recovering from my stroke, my parents were told I'd have to be institutionalized! I don't think the stroke played any role in the autism. The bipolar was a contribution from the paternal side (dad was and sister is bipolar). Luckily, for the most part, the autism goes along with very high intelligence on my maternal side, though there have been a few cousins that had been institutionalized. My mother, who was 73 when diagnosed, was told she needed this therapy and that intervention, and just laughed. She worked for 50 years, has a college degree and CPA. Unfortunately, while I inherited the autism from her, I did NOT inherit her executive function, and with the medications for bipolar, my memory is shot. Mother is now 83 and as autistic as ever. But, with two bipolar daughters, she is the voice of sanity in the wilderness. [/QUOTE]
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