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Hmm, am i imagining it?

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Hi Guys, 

Just looking for some advice,my 11yr old son is currently being assesd for autism after being refrred by his peadadtriction, during his appoinment she said she had a feeling that  the traits he is showning were classical ASD and now its just a case of getting the offcial diagnosis (easier siad than done Undecided) however she did mention that she thought it could be family related and that it was through the maternal side, i.e me. at first i dissmissed this idea however  it wasnt until after the appointment and i started to research ASD  it occured to me that my son does the exact same things i did as a child, as a child i used to be scared to death of motorbikes and would put my fingers in my ears to stop the sound, i was also obbssed with planes,if i had to wear a belt with cloathes had to have it and still do now extremely tight, i also so do stuff now which most other people think would be weird, e.g when i do washing i have to put a stupifd amount of washing powder in coz if i dont my cloathes dont feel clean, i am currently studying and i cant concentrate unless i have music at stupid volumes in earphones, i cant wear jeans and only stick to skirts and tights, when i wash my hair i put a ridiculous amount of shampoo/condtioner on, i also tend to tlak 10 to the dozen, and am constantly being told that others cant get a word in edgeways, i regularrly lose track of time if im doing summat i enjoy, and become really flustred and upset if people throw 2 many instructions at me at the same time, i also find myself obbsessing over things and cant stop thinking bout them, this ill last for a couple months and then i go onto summat else, the list  is endless of the stuff i do and did do, i wont bore u n e more with my list of traits,lol, its just that i have always had the feeling that summat isnt quite right( if that makes sense) how do adults go about getting a diagnosis? im not saying i do have it but since doc said that a lot of things are clicking into place, or is it just my imagination running away with me?ha Laughing 

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  • @Owl Ice Cream: I don't care what anyone says, professional or otherwise, everyone is not "somewhere on the spectrum".

    I even heard a GP say this on Embarrassing Bodies once and it's tripe.  I think what confuses people, is that autistic behaviours are behaviours that can all be found within the population.  Well, of course!  We are all human and all capable of every behaviour or emotion humans can physically/emotionally have.  But autistic behaviours are usually more extreme versions (often atypical) and are often for different reasons.  For instance, Asperger's syndrome is a syndrome because it is a particular collection of traits that exist in a particular way and severity, to be called a syndrome.

    There are neurological differences in "brain wiring" in people with autism.  I had a qEEG and my brain differences showed up on the results, which are compared with a normed population.  If the normed population were all on the spectrum they wouldn't have normal results, they would have a variety of variations of autistic results.

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  • @Owl Ice Cream: I don't care what anyone says, professional or otherwise, everyone is not "somewhere on the spectrum".

    I even heard a GP say this on Embarrassing Bodies once and it's tripe.  I think what confuses people, is that autistic behaviours are behaviours that can all be found within the population.  Well, of course!  We are all human and all capable of every behaviour or emotion humans can physically/emotionally have.  But autistic behaviours are usually more extreme versions (often atypical) and are often for different reasons.  For instance, Asperger's syndrome is a syndrome because it is a particular collection of traits that exist in a particular way and severity, to be called a syndrome.

    There are neurological differences in "brain wiring" in people with autism.  I had a qEEG and my brain differences showed up on the results, which are compared with a normed population.  If the normed population were all on the spectrum they wouldn't have normal results, they would have a variety of variations of autistic results.

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