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HappyDays

hello everyone,

what an exhausting day. been for an assessment today with daughter, wont be getting a diagnosis for a while as it takes them ages to get round to it. 

The main reason im posting is because today i was asked by the person assessing my daughter if i have ASC. This is not the first time i have heard this. whilst ive been on the long road of diagnosis for my other children 3 others. we had the discussion about autism being genetically more inclined from the fathers side, but when i said that i have been married twice and have children from both marriages diagnosed he said " thats interesting"?.

when i said do you think 

i display autistic traits he said Yes, but of course im not saying you have asc.

im kind of not getting what he was getting at i am now confused.

  • It's possible your doctor was saying you have characteristics which would fit a diagnosis of autism, but he cannot say you have it as he is not trained to diagnose it in adults. So you may want to ask for a diagnosis - it is a choice for you to make.

    I was older than you when I was diagnosed and it had a big effect on me, as I was able to read about it and make adjustments to the way I think about myself. I always knew I wasn't stupid, but had problems - now I know why, and can choose to tell people if I want. And I can adjust my home and the way I do some things, to suit my sensory needs - I now know they are different to some other people's. I feel better about myself.

    There are lots of books written by aspie women about their lives, so you might get one or two from the library, or just read blogs, etc, online.

  • I've never had any neurochemical pills for anxiety, depression, etc, etc, hohner.

    Not everyone goes down the same path to diagnosis.

  • The aspergers diagnosis is easy, the doc's fill you with there neurochemical pills for anxiety, depression, OCD, IBS, phobia etc, they don't work long-term, then by deduction of non-response too the normal druggy treatment, they look at the Autism as the root.

  • Yes it does make sense, you explained it very well scorpion , thanks

    i am aware that i share traits with my children, but im 36 now and have always got around things without too many problems, i pick up on things slower than others which can lead a lot of people to think im stupid, im not it just takes a while to process what has been said to me, of course while people are stood looking at me waiting for an answer i get irritated and sometimes stutter, although i dont usually stutter, this to be honest is the one thing ive never really managed to get around

     

  • There is a whole spectrum of being that stretches from the most neurotypical of neurotypicals to the most autistic of autistics and everyone lies on that spectrum somewhere.

    The divisions imposed by psychologists upon the autistic end of that spectrum (Asperger's, PDD-NOS, Autism, etc, etc) are entirely artificial and have very blurry, and overlapping, boundaries, and so it is with the neurotypical end, and the area in the middle.

    What this means is that you can have lots of autistic traits but not, clinicaly, be 'on the autistic spectrum', or, indeed, you could be on the autistic spectrum but never have had the kind of problems that lead to a formal diagnosis.

    Does that make sense?