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Aspergers...the diagnosis going away?
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 433443" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Well put.</p><p> </p><p><em>I would rather have been labeled correctly "Learning disabled, depression, anxiety disorder" than been called "mental" and "stupid." It also would have helped if I had gotten help in school so that I may have been able to go to college and fulfill my own dreams (yes, I had many lofty goals). I would have liked to have understood why I felt so sad sometimes that I couldn't even smile (for an entire year i would not smile at anybody) or why I freaked out at school so badly that I screamed in terror and got called "mental." I would have liked therapy, maybe even low-key medication so that every morning I didn't throw up in fear before school. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I guess my point is, we always had labels. It's just that the old ones were not well meaning at all and did not even try to explain why some children were "different." And the "interventions" were administered by clueless teachers and mean kids who didn't understand us. I prefer it this way. I know it isn't perfect yet, but it's a big improvement over what used to be.</em></p><p><em></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 433443, member: 3419"] Well put. [I]I would rather have been labeled correctly "Learning disabled, depression, anxiety disorder" than been called "mental" and "stupid." It also would have helped if I had gotten help in school so that I may have been able to go to college and fulfill my own dreams (yes, I had many lofty goals). I would have liked to have understood why I felt so sad sometimes that I couldn't even smile (for an entire year i would not smile at anybody) or why I freaked out at school so badly that I screamed in terror and got called "mental." I would have liked therapy, maybe even low-key medication so that every morning I didn't throw up in fear before school. I guess my point is, we always had labels. It's just that the old ones were not well meaning at all and did not even try to explain why some children were "different." And the "interventions" were administered by clueless teachers and mean kids who didn't understand us. I prefer it this way. I know it isn't perfect yet, but it's a big improvement over what used to be. [/I] [/QUOTE]
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