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Hmm, am i imagining it?

Sniffy

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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  • It was not my intention to trivialise, and I'm sorry if I gave that impression.

    When I said 'spectrum', all I meant was a spectrum between autistic and not-autistic. The division isn't always black and white because people can have a mixture of traits or be on the borderline. My point was mostly that if Sniffy did not get a diagnosis of autism, that didn't mean that the issues he/she describes aren't related to his/her son's issues or that they aren't important: maybe Sniffy has some autistic traits and Sniffy's son has them to a greater degree, for instance. Sniffy asked whether his/her imagination might be running wild, and my aim was to reassure him/her that even if a doctor didn't confirm a diagnosis, he/she wasn't being unreasonable to wonder. 

    Are you aware that you are both coming across as condemning me? That you both sound rather aggressive? That may not be your intention any more than it was mine to trivialise autism, but it is making me feel like I shouldn't participate in these forums at all. I only joined this morning and I'm the mother of a recently-diagnosed autistic boy, trying to deal with a lot of stress and a lot of new information to learn all at once. I have too much stress in my life to participate here if this is what happens when somebody phrases something incorrectly or is not fully informed about the latest science. 

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  • It was not my intention to trivialise, and I'm sorry if I gave that impression.

    When I said 'spectrum', all I meant was a spectrum between autistic and not-autistic. The division isn't always black and white because people can have a mixture of traits or be on the borderline. My point was mostly that if Sniffy did not get a diagnosis of autism, that didn't mean that the issues he/she describes aren't related to his/her son's issues or that they aren't important: maybe Sniffy has some autistic traits and Sniffy's son has them to a greater degree, for instance. Sniffy asked whether his/her imagination might be running wild, and my aim was to reassure him/her that even if a doctor didn't confirm a diagnosis, he/she wasn't being unreasonable to wonder. 

    Are you aware that you are both coming across as condemning me? That you both sound rather aggressive? That may not be your intention any more than it was mine to trivialise autism, but it is making me feel like I shouldn't participate in these forums at all. I only joined this morning and I'm the mother of a recently-diagnosed autistic boy, trying to deal with a lot of stress and a lot of new information to learn all at once. I have too much stress in my life to participate here if this is what happens when somebody phrases something incorrectly or is not fully informed about the latest science. 

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