Friday, 13 November 2009
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QOTD: Could I be an Aspy?
My son is 7 & was diagnosed with Aspergers earlier this year! Every few months we spend some time with the Behavioral Specilist Paediatrician & yesterday she spent almost 2 hours talking to me & she seems to think that I am an Aspy too........ I am kinda in shock........ Not really sure how to process this one................. Thoughts anyone?
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I often wonder if I'm autistic or have ADD as well. I'm just plain WEIRD. I have a loud voice; it gets excessively loud when I'm excited. I have random body shudders and involuntary movements, and that alone gets much worse when I'm angry or try to assert myself. It's just strange!
I'm a huge fan of the phrase that says ''if it isn't broken, don't fix it''. I don't know you or your personal life, but I take it for granted that you've had a serious relationship and now have a kid. Unless you've always felt you were broken and need help, maybe it isn't too important to formally give you a diagnosic.
But I assumed a lot there ^ and if you feel I got it all wrong, which is very possible, all my apologies.
My feeling is that if you copewith life just fine and don't feel you have a problem, then you probably don't need diagnosing. However, a friend of mine was diagnosed after her first child was diagnosed with autism, and she says that it has meant that her life makes sense now, she knows why she does certain things, and why she can't cope with others. So I guess it boils down to what difference it would make in your life, if any.
All of us are different, and it is our differences that make other people so much fun. This idea that quirks of personality must be part of a morbid disease process rather just a quirk or an eccentricity is dangerous.
Yeah! And I'm mentally retarded...cause I'm deaf!!
How do I know? Why, I was told so by a PROFESSIONAL!!
Get a second opinion!!
1: get a second opinion.
2: if the second opinion is that you are, indeed, within the autistic spectrum -- so what. Seriously: you at least have the knowledge, firsthand, that your aspie child will do well, and will succeed in life - simply because you have done well.
Autism is just a diagnosis, not a sentence. Research famous people within the spectrum, you will find that there are many who, with just a little guidance, have done well.
Never take the diagnosis as a final statement - only a launching point to learn from.