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Asperger's/PDD

lumberjack_jeff

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10. If I tell my son something absurd, he looks at me like a diamond merchant examining wares.

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #9)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 11:17 AM

Dec 2012

Raised eyebrow? Check. Slight upturn at the corner of dad's mouth? Check. Looking at me like he's expecting me to realize something? Check.

Oh, that was a joke. Very funny.

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Autism hidden in plain sight [View all] n2doc Dec 2011 OP

Oh brother. KamaAina Dec 2011 #1

Institutions suck. It bothers me a great deal to see a resurgence in support for them. n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #2

After we figured out that our oldest SheilaT Dec 2011 #3

Asperger's is not a "disorder" guthenson Jan 2012 #4

I had no idea that Aspies had a propensity for libertarian douchery. devilgrrl Dec 2012 #5

Sadly, Libertarian BS is common on Aspie message boards. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #6

I'm a recent member of wrongplanet and noticed that. devilgrrl Dec 2012 #8

I thought that was hilarious. SheilaT Dec 2012 #9

If I tell my son something absurd, he looks at me like a diamond merchant examining wares. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #10

Yes! They have what we "normals" SheilaT Dec 2012 #11

My mom lives next door and we will go a couple weeks without speaking sometimes nolabels Dec 2012 #13

That is something we have been fortunate with my elder son who has PDD. He GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #12

My mom's dad was probably one of them. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #7