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our boy is about to be diagnosed with asd my wife is pregnant

georgisdad

hi everyone our boy is about to be diagnosed with asd and my wife is pregnant i don't know how possible is the next child to be autistic,and can we determined the presence if the chance is big.we are panicking because she is 20 weeks now.

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  • The vast majority of people with Asperger's will not end up like Heather Kumzlich, who does not strike me as someone with Asperger's, having read about her and having viewed her on You-Tube. Indeed one psychologist, quoted on Wrong-Planet.com, thinks she has been misdiagnosed. Most people with Asperger's would simply not be able to deal with sharing a house with 12 other people, let alone entering the power crazy world of fashion. This is  of course just my opinion, but I can't help being sceptical.

    Acceptance as individuals with Asperger's should not be based on what we achieve but on simply 'being', of existing as unique individuals in our own right who happen to also have Asperger's.

    Better role-models, in my mind, are our peers. For example, I know someone with Asperger's who I look up to. He is not Einstein (far from it!); he struggles everyday with Asperger's, but still manages to hold down a part-time job, and he volunteers nearly every day of the week. This is what can be achieved with Asperger's, but it takes a lot of hard work.

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  • The vast majority of people with Asperger's will not end up like Heather Kumzlich, who does not strike me as someone with Asperger's, having read about her and having viewed her on You-Tube. Indeed one psychologist, quoted on Wrong-Planet.com, thinks she has been misdiagnosed. Most people with Asperger's would simply not be able to deal with sharing a house with 12 other people, let alone entering the power crazy world of fashion. This is  of course just my opinion, but I can't help being sceptical.

    Acceptance as individuals with Asperger's should not be based on what we achieve but on simply 'being', of existing as unique individuals in our own right who happen to also have Asperger's.

    Better role-models, in my mind, are our peers. For example, I know someone with Asperger's who I look up to. He is not Einstein (far from it!); he struggles everyday with Asperger's, but still manages to hold down a part-time job, and he volunteers nearly every day of the week. This is what can be achieved with Asperger's, but it takes a lot of hard work.

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