Wednesday, 17 June 2009
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QOTD: What's The Real Cause?
My cousin has recently been diagnosed with Asperger's, and I show the symptoms too. We've always been pretty similar, to the point that we have the same first choice of college to attend in...wow, just over a year now.
The thing is, despite my showing the symptoms, I may not have AS. I am hearing impaired, and the symptoms could be due to having had to cope with my lack of hearing with little if any help from parents, teachers, doctors, etc. We know that I have the symptoms, but not which of the two (or even a combination) caused it. My symptoms could be rationalized either way.How does one tell in cases like this? On one hand, there is a confirmed medical reason that could be the cause, on the other hand, it seems a little extreme that just my hearing impairment could cause all of those symptoms AND a blood relative has AS. Still, I just don't know how in cases like this the real cause could be determined. Does anyone have experience like this?
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good info thanks
So many questions, no one really knows the cause of autism.
as a teacher who has taught people with hearing loss and people with autism....let me ask you this--does it matter if you are AS more than HI? Is finding out a diagnosis going to change you? We always talk about person first language so if you think of it that way--will you let your disability define you? I can look at myself and see my need for consistency, routine, my reactions to noises, my social issues/anxiety and come with something close to AS, regardless, it doesn't change me..it's who I am.
On another thought, we all have strengths and weaknesses and learn strategies and ways to cope with ourselves....you may have picked strategies that your cousin used since you are so close to your cousin. Or it could just be luck that you picked these coping strategies....
Hope this helps or atleast gives you something to think about?
dr52383:
It doesn't matter in terms of labeling myself. People just are who they are, whether or not they fit the qualifications to be what society labels as "normal". I wonder out of curiousity because I'm interested in medicine, a lifelong struggle over how to explain when people ask why I'm so weird (sometimes I'd really love to be able to shoot back a snappy "Because -------------. What's YOUR excuse?" when people are rude about it), and to better moniter my hearing impairment. It's a bit hard to moniter the rate at which my hearing is deteriorating if I don't know whether or not certain symptoms are caused by it.@xcagedxpantherx@xanga - oh ok. i guess i was just responding as a teacher....or as myself really about the labeling thing. just my $0.02.