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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 373065" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>IF it's any consolation to you. I was diagnosed as "on the spectrum" in my early forties. I learned to play NT so well that even the neuropsychologist who did my exam was unable to determine quite where I fit on the spectrum. I'm either an Aspie or a high functioning autistic. I STILL have to think about it, and I do present with a flat affect and as a bit of a pedant.</p><p></p><p>I functioned in the real world quite well (as a computer geek, LoL) until the bipolar reared its ugly head. I didn't realize how weird my affect actually is until my attorney for my SSDI hearing started coaching me for my hearing.</p><p></p><p>Of course, my mother, her father and her brother are all on the spectrum. My neice and nephew are aspies, with my neice also having ADD.</p><p></p><p>What really came out of the neuropsychologist exam (We did it in eight hours over two days) was that my horrible handwriting is due to dysgraphia, and the reason I can't do math is called dyscalcula. </p><p></p><p>I WISH we'd had the resources we now have when I was a child. I'm fifty years old, and back when I was a kid "autism" was the nonverbal kid sitting in the corner and banging his or her head on the wall</p><p></p><p>These kids CAN learn to function in society. They might have to think about it, but most of them can do it. It's like playing the game until it becomes integrated into thought patterns.</p><p></p><p>My late husband was High-Functioning Autism (HFA) and ADHD and had a very successful military career. He had definite rules to follow and a lot of structure and he, with the help of the little notebooks he wrote everything down in, did very well with it.</p><p></p><p>His father was an Aspie. He was also an abusive jerk, which is not the norm with Aspies who've integrated into society. I was never abusive, nor was husband, despite his having grown up in an environment fraught with physical and emotional abuse.</p><p></p><p>It's do-able. It might take a bit longer. Might take a bit of outside support, but there's a place in society. I embrace my inner Aspie and find it actually to be helpful in some cases.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 373065, member: 1963"] IF it's any consolation to you. I was diagnosed as "on the spectrum" in my early forties. I learned to play NT so well that even the neuropsychologist who did my exam was unable to determine quite where I fit on the spectrum. I'm either an Aspie or a high functioning autistic. I STILL have to think about it, and I do present with a flat affect and as a bit of a pedant. I functioned in the real world quite well (as a computer geek, LoL) until the bipolar reared its ugly head. I didn't realize how weird my affect actually is until my attorney for my SSDI hearing started coaching me for my hearing. Of course, my mother, her father and her brother are all on the spectrum. My neice and nephew are aspies, with my neice also having ADD. What really came out of the neuropsychologist exam (We did it in eight hours over two days) was that my horrible handwriting is due to dysgraphia, and the reason I can't do math is called dyscalcula. I WISH we'd had the resources we now have when I was a child. I'm fifty years old, and back when I was a kid "autism" was the nonverbal kid sitting in the corner and banging his or her head on the wall These kids CAN learn to function in society. They might have to think about it, but most of them can do it. It's like playing the game until it becomes integrated into thought patterns. My late husband was High-Functioning Autism (HFA) and ADHD and had a very successful military career. He had definite rules to follow and a lot of structure and he, with the help of the little notebooks he wrote everything down in, did very well with it. His father was an Aspie. He was also an abusive jerk, which is not the norm with Aspies who've integrated into society. I was never abusive, nor was husband, despite his having grown up in an environment fraught with physical and emotional abuse. It's do-able. It might take a bit longer. Might take a bit of outside support, but there's a place in society. I embrace my inner Aspie and find it actually to be helpful in some cases. [/QUOTE]
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