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Asperger's/PDD

GreenPartyVoter

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

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #9)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 10:53 PM

Dec 2012

is good with jokes, makes some excellent ones and understands them really well. He particularly loves puns.

Younger son is the king of sarcasm, though. Elder son understands it, but doesn't apply it nearly as well or as bitingly as younger son. (Not that sarcasm is necessarily a good thing. Can be very hurtful.)

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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