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Is it Aspergers or Simply Just Bad Habits?

I am a 36-year-old female and I am on the cusp of being tested psychometrically for Aspergers Syndrome. My Therapist is fairly certain that this is what we are dealing with. There are many years of behavior to sort thr…
Being Officially Diagnosed - My Process

It has been a very busy week or so for me, I have accomplished more in this past week then I have in the past 6 months. A few weeks ago I was asked if I would speak on Monday in front of a Social Work class at my col…
How Does My Son With Special Needs Do It?

I often talk about my thirty-six year old son, Brandon and how he has been able to live on his own for the past twelve years, despite all the professionals telling us it would be impossible. However, I don’t want to gi…
My Life in a Bubble with Aspergers

Ten years ago today I returned from Beijing where I'd taught for the fall and winter. (The food is great, but don't drink the water and don't breathe the air! And do bring your rain and winter gear.) This was the first…
Memory recall and Aspergers

My cellphone was ringing earlier this morning. I noted the telephone number and inwardly winced knowing that it was my son's school. Over the past two weeks, we have been treated to several conversations, I will admit…
An Asperger Appetite and Dinner Planning

"Can I have pizza?" is a question I hear on an almost daily basis. On the days pizza is not being requested, my son is asking for Burger King. I cannot believe with the amount of times I tell him no, he continues to a…
My Dyscalculia Discovery

I had never heard of dyscalculia until two days ago at a reading center for dyslexia that my boys are attending and it was a word that would give me the answer to a lifelong problem, and change the way I look at myself…
He Acts As If He’s On Truth Serum

We were in an elevator and my son, Brandon, who was standing next to an obese woman, began to point and shout, “Mom, why is that lady so fat?” There we were, stuck between floors, and I felt like crawling into a hole a…
I Am What I Am - Reaction to the diagnosis of Asperger's

Recently it was put to my wife that it must have been hard living with someone with Asperger's to which she replied, "I wasn't living with someone with Asperger's, I was living with Rory". She is right for 30 years of…
The System - Re-Integration and Asperger's

Once again, I’ve been let down by ‘the system’ (I feel like describing what a system is but I will refrain). Hospital and Outreach is supposedly a place to help re-integrate students back into mainstream education. And…