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Maybe Aspergers

janeytiff

Hi.  I have a 22 year old daughter who I think may have Aspergers and I was hoping for some advice/support. I've wondered over the last few years and have looked into the symptoms but have never said anything to her because she's very difficult to talk to on a personal level.  I don't know whether it will benefit her to find out whether she has Aspergers or not, and I hear that it's very difficult to get a diagnosis, especially later in life.  Is there anyone on the forum with Aspergers, who is older, understands and has been diagnosed later in life?

Thanks.

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  • Thanks.  The issue I have is that I think she may have Aspergers, but have only thought this over the last 18 months and am not sure how to talk to her about it without her being offended or thinking I have a problem with her.

     

    She's been through some very heavy problems, which on reflection, I believe are her having Aspergers but again these are just my thoughts and I don't want her start on a path she doesn't need to, as she's been through enough. 

    Looking as the symptoms of Aspergers, she is classic high achieving (did very well at school, has been through uni) but has issues with obsessions, massively into a particular subject (maths and harry potter, dr who, forensics to name a few), gender identity (which I've heard is a very common side-affect of the feeling of "not fitting in"), emphathy, communication.  I thought a lot of it was teenage stuff for a while, family breakdown, etc but looking back it's much more than that.

    I want to support her but she doesn't always make it easy and I'm not sure how to approach the subject, without making things harder for us both.

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  • Thanks.  The issue I have is that I think she may have Aspergers, but have only thought this over the last 18 months and am not sure how to talk to her about it without her being offended or thinking I have a problem with her.

     

    She's been through some very heavy problems, which on reflection, I believe are her having Aspergers but again these are just my thoughts and I don't want her start on a path she doesn't need to, as she's been through enough. 

    Looking as the symptoms of Aspergers, she is classic high achieving (did very well at school, has been through uni) but has issues with obsessions, massively into a particular subject (maths and harry potter, dr who, forensics to name a few), gender identity (which I've heard is a very common side-affect of the feeling of "not fitting in"), emphathy, communication.  I thought a lot of it was teenage stuff for a while, family breakdown, etc but looking back it's much more than that.

    I want to support her but she doesn't always make it easy and I'm not sure how to approach the subject, without making things harder for us both.

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