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Asperger's/PDD

SheilaT

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3. After we figured out that our oldest

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sun Dec 18, 2011, 06:36 PM

Dec 2011

son has Asperger's, very often when I'd share that with someone and they'd ask me just what were the traits and I'd tell them, I'd get a story of an odd relative of some kind who, based on the description, clearly had Asperger's.

It's always been there, but we didn't have the formal diagnosis for a long time.

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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