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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 209891" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>You might want to do some research on how girls manifest Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s differently than boys. There really is a substantial difference, one point being that girls are better at "faking it" with emotions and social behavior, esp at younger ages. I have NO doubt that if I were evaluation'd they would diagnosis me with an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). I can actually REMEMBER watching my same age peers do things and wondering "why?" bc some of it seemed so dumb. Some of it still does. I watched the other kids, esp girls, and talked to a VERY FEW specific friends about certain behaviors, then mimicked them. Some years the effort to mimic the other kids was just too much and led to things like my refusing to speak to ANYONE for over 8 months of a school year. Anyone included the teachers, nuns, and the parish priest, but no one called my parents because my grades were OK and so was my "charge's" grades. (The "cahrge" was the less than intelligent child who sat next to me and who's work I was expected to do along with my own. That way he passed and it kept me busy as I was always done with my work early. The year I didn't talk I had TWO of these people to "take care of" and it really hacked me off. It was a major reason I wouldn't talk to the adults at school.) My parents had no idea I had stopped talking because I talked nonstop at home (guess we know where my kids got it, HUH?)</p><p> </p><p>Anyway, I am sorry she is having the rigid thinking. It is hard on her and on you. I think having her evaluated again is a very good idea. Don't let her age be the reason anyone tells you she "can't" have an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Some people are not diagnosis'd until older because either signs were few when younger, or because they hid it really well. Girls esp fall into that category.</p><p> </p><p>I hope you can get help so she can move beyond the stuck thinking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 209891, member: 1233"] You might want to do some research on how girls manifest Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s differently than boys. There really is a substantial difference, one point being that girls are better at "faking it" with emotions and social behavior, esp at younger ages. I have NO doubt that if I were evaluation'd they would diagnosis me with an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). I can actually REMEMBER watching my same age peers do things and wondering "why?" bc some of it seemed so dumb. Some of it still does. I watched the other kids, esp girls, and talked to a VERY FEW specific friends about certain behaviors, then mimicked them. Some years the effort to mimic the other kids was just too much and led to things like my refusing to speak to ANYONE for over 8 months of a school year. Anyone included the teachers, nuns, and the parish priest, but no one called my parents because my grades were OK and so was my "charge's" grades. (The "cahrge" was the less than intelligent child who sat next to me and who's work I was expected to do along with my own. That way he passed and it kept me busy as I was always done with my work early. The year I didn't talk I had TWO of these people to "take care of" and it really hacked me off. It was a major reason I wouldn't talk to the adults at school.) My parents had no idea I had stopped talking because I talked nonstop at home (guess we know where my kids got it, HUH?) Anyway, I am sorry she is having the rigid thinking. It is hard on her and on you. I think having her evaluated again is a very good idea. Don't let her age be the reason anyone tells you she "can't" have an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Some people are not diagnosis'd until older because either signs were few when younger, or because they hid it really well. Girls esp fall into that category. I hope you can get help so she can move beyond the stuck thinking. [/QUOTE]
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