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The autism rears it's ugly head at get together last night
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 287662" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi, Sus.</p><p>Ah, the day we got L. I said, "He sure acts autistic, doesn't he?" but nobody listened to me so I started to think I was wrong. Grrrrrrrrrrr. I understand why they said Bipolar. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are very quirky and can be mistaken for mentally ill, but L. is one of those spectrum kids who obviously is just spectrum, with nothing else going on. It's baffling that they got bipolar out of it. He never rages. He's not outwardly moody. He never tries to harm himself or others. He sort of did as a toddler, but not since getting interventions. He does worry and have high anxiety, but that's part and parcel of the spectrum as is attentional disorders.</p><p></p><p>Susie, L. can do anything other kids do at school. He would die of embarassment if I went on a field trip with him. In fact, he's mad because, due to cutbacks, they have stopped most of their cool field trips. L. participates in Special Olympics, a better fit for him than school sports because he doesn't always "get" the rules and is not quick enough for team sports, except for soccer, in which he is very good. A girl asked him to prom and he went. HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO...lol...but we made him and he had fun. The girl has been his best friend since grade school and he really enjoyed the waterpark that all the kids were bussed to after the agony of being forced to dance with her. But he did tell me she's not his girlfriend because girlfriends are too much trouble--they are just friends and she happens to be a girl. He doesn't require me to do anything with him regarding school. If he needs help at school, he will ask for it. He will bike to stores himself and ask for help if he needs it. It is when he has to sit around and socialize with new people that he drops his head or hides out or begs me to take him home. He has other quirks too, none of them harmful, all of them something me and N. and hub kind of giggle about--affectionately. He talks to himself in his room (actually he is talking to his game system and to the television shows). When asked about it, he said, "Nobody else is there, so I talk to ME." Then he also said "I understand things when I say them out loud. It's easier." He also obsesses over things in a sometimes obnoxious way and he admits he can't get things out of his head once they're in them. </p><p>If you look "spectrum" up in the dictionary, you see his face on it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 287662, member: 1550"] Hi, Sus. Ah, the day we got L. I said, "He sure acts autistic, doesn't he?" but nobody listened to me so I started to think I was wrong. Grrrrrrrrrrr. I understand why they said Bipolar. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are very quirky and can be mistaken for mentally ill, but L. is one of those spectrum kids who obviously is just spectrum, with nothing else going on. It's baffling that they got bipolar out of it. He never rages. He's not outwardly moody. He never tries to harm himself or others. He sort of did as a toddler, but not since getting interventions. He does worry and have high anxiety, but that's part and parcel of the spectrum as is attentional disorders. Susie, L. can do anything other kids do at school. He would die of embarassment if I went on a field trip with him. In fact, he's mad because, due to cutbacks, they have stopped most of their cool field trips. L. participates in Special Olympics, a better fit for him than school sports because he doesn't always "get" the rules and is not quick enough for team sports, except for soccer, in which he is very good. A girl asked him to prom and he went. HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO...lol...but we made him and he had fun. The girl has been his best friend since grade school and he really enjoyed the waterpark that all the kids were bussed to after the agony of being forced to dance with her. But he did tell me she's not his girlfriend because girlfriends are too much trouble--they are just friends and she happens to be a girl. He doesn't require me to do anything with him regarding school. If he needs help at school, he will ask for it. He will bike to stores himself and ask for help if he needs it. It is when he has to sit around and socialize with new people that he drops his head or hides out or begs me to take him home. He has other quirks too, none of them harmful, all of them something me and N. and hub kind of giggle about--affectionately. He talks to himself in his room (actually he is talking to his game system and to the television shows). When asked about it, he said, "Nobody else is there, so I talk to ME." Then he also said "I understand things when I say them out loud. It's easier." He also obsesses over things in a sometimes obnoxious way and he admits he can't get things out of his head once they're in them. If you look "spectrum" up in the dictionary, you see his face on it! [/QUOTE]
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