Well it's official....

[bastetseye]

I've been officially diagnosed as being on the Autism Spectrum. They don't quite know where exactly so I'm going to have to come in for a third time to get a whole bunch of tests. The also what to do something called neuro-psychology, and give me a MRI and bloodwork so they can test to see if I have any other genetic anomolys. They also want me to

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[sarah_1228]

i've heard of that kind of Autism
but my question is how is it different if you don't mind me asking?

[bastetseye]

How is Asperger's different to Autism

[sarah_1228]

that's weird because everything you just said discribes me as well especially the obsessive interest bit and i've been like that my whole life

[bastetseye]

Well I can't say whether you have it or not, as I'm not qualified, nor do I know your entire personal history.

But I have noticed a corrolation between Sci-fi lovers and Autistic traits.

If you'd like to know more, Wiki is a good source, just type in Asperger Syndrome.

[bastetseye]

Yeah it was a real hassle getting a diagnosis (especially given my crappy doctor), but for me it was nessecary to my mental health, and there was so much about myself I didn't understand and feeling "alien" was making me suicidal.

I would recommend it if you feel it's impairing you in some way that without a diagnosis will not get you help. But otherwise it is a very lengthy and complicated ordeal.

So far I haven't encountered morons, I had a few problems with my favourite aunt who doesn't real believe it exists, but last year she seemed to be coming around.

What shocked me the most is my dad, as he is so okay with it, and I didn't think he would be as he's not the most accepting of my behaviour. But I suppose to him he know has an explaination and gets to get off scott free now instead of having (in his mind) people judging him by how I act.

[cassandra_elise]

That's great that you've run into such understanding people. Where do you live, if I might ask? Because here in the States, or at least the state I live in, people are pretty ignorant and intolerant when it comes to high-functioning autism. Unless the person is exhibiting savant behavior, they expect them to function just the same as everyone else. Case in point, my sister was having certain issues with her job that were related to her autism, so she informed the people she was working with that she had Aspergers. And they said it didn't matter, and she would expected to do everything just the same as everyone else. :/ Needless to say, she quit that job.

[beauty_within16]

[bastetseye]

Thank you.

(love the Fear Her gif!- It would be so easy if the only problem I had was a scribbly drawing attacking me!)

[haughtymelodic]

My youngest daughter was diagnosed on the autism spectrum but I have no idea where she really lies. I am waiting for another evaluation from the state to find out more. I feel so misinformed about it though, I guess time will tell.

It's been a real hassle getting a diagnosis for her too. *hugs*

[bastetseye]

Well do you mind me giving a bit of advice, although I'm sure you probably already know?

Space. One of the wonderful things about my mum, is although she encourged me to spend time with people, she also respected my need for space, as long as I was safe she would let me spend ages in my room decompressing when I had to much. Whenever I was upset she knew instinctively that the last thing I wanted to do was be touched I just wanted time on my own to work it through.

I'm not saying that your daughter is the same, but I know from talking to alot of people on the autism spectrum that alot of the problems they have is when people refuse to except that they deal with things in a different way, and although they may not be touchy feely and love their space, live in their head, excetra, it doesn't mean that they don't love the people in their live.

Anyway hope you don't mind me giving you my two cents, I hope things work out with your daughter.

[haughtymelodic]

Oh, not at all I actually really appreciate the advice, since I am kind of winging a lot of it. Paige is 3 and a half and she doesn't really like to be touched unless she approaches you so I usually let her set the rules when it comes to that kind of stuff. She doesn't like being told what to do(for example if I set her down on a swing she will protest but she'll be happy to do it on her own)

I really want to learn how to deal with her in the best way possible while she's young. Again thanks for the advice, it's helpful!

[bastetseye]

It also helps to explain things, like if she's reluctant to do something, explain why it needs to be done, how someone might feel if it's not done, how someone would feel if it is. For example crossing the road, although she might not like being touched, explain that holding her hand enables you to keep her safe, if you didn't keep her safe she might get run over and that was upset you, explain that if she was the mummy and you were the daughter, she wouldn't want anything to happen to you. Even if nothing happened to her, someone else might get hurt trying not to hurt her, and then someone elses mummy or daughter would be very upset

[cassandra_elise]

*nods* Those are the tests they used for my sister, too. She also thought the flying frogs story was completely ridiculous. :)

I'm glad you finally got your answer. Talking just as a relative of someone with Asperger's, it was such a relief to finally know what exactly was going on with my sister, as opposed to the usual crap we were getting from normal medical doctors. "Oh she's just an emotional female. No big deal." The big deal is you're a sexist pig, Doc, who wouldn't dream of dismissing her symptoms if she was a boy. Sorry, long rant. xD

[bastetseye]

LOL! Nice to know I'm not alone, though I'm suprised it was the same story, are you in England? Did she get diagnosed at Maudsley hospital at Denmark Hill?
If not, that is such a weird coincidence (even if you are that's still a weird coincidence).

Yeah, that's why I'm glad that the hospital is doing research into Female Autistic, because the amount of people who thing female Autistics don't exist, or if they do, that the act exactly like male Autistics (like that even make sense, you might as well say females with out Autism, act exactly like Males without Autism! Of course there are going to be differences!)

[cassandra_elise]

Nah, we're in the U.S. And believe it or not, we're even farther behind in Austism research than you guys. The UK is like the leading experts on Autism, so you can imagine how ignorant the rest of the world is!

[bastetseye]

God that is terrifing, when I think how hard it was to get a diagnosis, for it to be worse, I can't imagine!