My Autistic Child goes crazy

@Altruistica: I don't dismiss the vaccine link personally, I think there could be some connection and I do think that Andrew Wakefield was unfairly demonised.  I am very open-minded to hearing that vaccines have contributed to autism, or some forms of it.

I am also keeping an eye out on what the other possible causes or contributors of autism are and I am as concerned as you.

I think with the impulsivity thing, I meant as viewed by others.  If you didn't know someone had planned and thought something through, as that would be an internal process to them and unless they communicated that they were doing it, you wouldn't know whether they had been impulsive or not.  Sometimes, the thinking through may have been on related matter e.g. years before, Aspies usually have good memories and may store that information and if something occured to an Aspie, having had that planning and absorbing moment years before we could be confident enough to just go ahead and do it when the last piece of the jigsaw clicked into place and the opportunity arose.  We are logical but that doesn't mean we are ponderously slow.  Ideas can come to us quicker.

I think what it is, is that often we have a different method of reaching some of the same behaviours as NTs.

I wasn't arguing with you in my previous reply, just putting my point across as an Aspie.

This thread is so far derailed from OPs original post now.

@Altruistica: I don't dismiss the vaccine link personally, I think there could be some connection and I do think that Andrew Wakefield was unfairly demonised.  I am very open-minded to hearing that vaccines have contributed to autism, or some forms of it.

I am also keeping an eye out on what the other possible causes or contributors of autism are and I am as concerned as you.

I think with the impulsivity thing, I meant as viewed by others.  If you didn't know someone had planned and thought something through, as that would be an internal process to them and unless they communicated that they were doing it, you wouldn't know whether they had been impulsive or not.  Sometimes, the thinking through may have been on related matter e.g. years before, Aspies usually have good memories and may store that information and if something occured to an Aspie, having had that planning and absorbing moment years before we could be confident enough to just go ahead and do it when the last piece of the jigsaw clicked into place and the opportunity arose.  We are logical but that doesn't mean we are ponderously slow.  Ideas can come to us quicker.

I think what it is, is that often we have a different method of reaching some of the same behaviours as NTs.

I wasn't arguing with you in my previous reply, just putting my point across as an Aspie.

This thread is so far derailed from OPs original post now.