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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 223370" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>ColesMom has fantastic answers. If you read that thread you will find out a lot about Aspergers. We have to be very diligent and educate ourselves because, trust me, professionals are limited in their knowledge and, sadly, certain one focus on one diagnosis. and can't see anything else--so almost all the kids they see have THAT diagnosis. Other professionals don't "keep up" with new medicine information. Aspergers/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified has only been recognized for about twelve years. Before thatl, they were the "funny" man who walked around talking to himself who everyone thought was mentally slow or mentally ill. He is the man who seems "spacy" and unkempt and lives here and there who gets robbed because he trusts too much and thought somebody was his friend, when he was really trying to rob him. Or she was maybe the woman who didn't "get it" and seemed a little "off." Maybe she was called ADHD in school. Worse, she was the drug addict and alcoholic who is always in jail, trying to forget that she/he is different and nobody understands why, including herself. It's very important to know. My son is very high functioning, however he will likely need a little assistance as an adult just to prevent himself from being robbed to to be reminded to bathe (or he won't--it's not important to him) and to make sure he pays his bills. He will probably also need a hand-picked job, although some Aspies are completely independent. But they need help growing up to reach their highest potential.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 223370, member: 1550"] ColesMom has fantastic answers. If you read that thread you will find out a lot about Aspergers. We have to be very diligent and educate ourselves because, trust me, professionals are limited in their knowledge and, sadly, certain one focus on one diagnosis. and can't see anything else--so almost all the kids they see have THAT diagnosis. Other professionals don't "keep up" with new medicine information. Aspergers/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified has only been recognized for about twelve years. Before thatl, they were the "funny" man who walked around talking to himself who everyone thought was mentally slow or mentally ill. He is the man who seems "spacy" and unkempt and lives here and there who gets robbed because he trusts too much and thought somebody was his friend, when he was really trying to rob him. Or she was maybe the woman who didn't "get it" and seemed a little "off." Maybe she was called ADHD in school. Worse, she was the drug addict and alcoholic who is always in jail, trying to forget that she/he is different and nobody understands why, including herself. It's very important to know. My son is very high functioning, however he will likely need a little assistance as an adult just to prevent himself from being robbed to to be reminded to bathe (or he won't--it's not important to him) and to make sure he pays his bills. He will probably also need a hand-picked job, although some Aspies are completely independent. But they need help growing up to reach their highest potential. [/QUOTE]
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