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hi from a confused mum

disease

Good evening I have joined today after a very caring mum sent me the link. My 8 year old daughter was diagnosed last Monday we have been battling with her behaviour for around 2 years and only asked for help when she started picking holes in her skin earlier this year. I have had such a strong reaction to her diagnosis which I can't quite understand,  I knew there was a possibility but its hit me like a ton of bricks turning me to emotional jelly.  I know nothing about Apergers I feel lost and helpless.  

Idon't really know what I expect from posting here xxx

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  • Hi disease, you've put on a posting, and on a subject that has cropped up on another thread recently, picking at the skin. So someone should hopefully follow up.

    But also browse the threads here.... there's people discussing all aspects of autism behaviours. This will gradually help you sift through all the issues.

    The username "disease" sounds rather negative; some others posters in here may feel you are suggesting autism is a disease, which it isn't.  It is a different way of processing information which, in a world that believes only one way is right, makes those doing it differently feel outcast.

    It may help if you try to think of it as difference and the need to accommodate different perspectives.

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  • Hi disease, you've put on a posting, and on a subject that has cropped up on another thread recently, picking at the skin. So someone should hopefully follow up.

    But also browse the threads here.... there's people discussing all aspects of autism behaviours. This will gradually help you sift through all the issues.

    The username "disease" sounds rather negative; some others posters in here may feel you are suggesting autism is a disease, which it isn't.  It is a different way of processing information which, in a world that believes only one way is right, makes those doing it differently feel outcast.

    It may help if you try to think of it as difference and the need to accommodate different perspectives.

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