aspergers

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ShannyBananny @shaggin (74988) • United States 15 Mar 18

Yesterday my son saw the pediatrician and I told him about the noises my son makes and worried it could be Tourette’s. He said it’s a tough one to diagnose and our best bet was a hospital 2 hours away. I took my daughter many...

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its not tourettes

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He is so much more then his diagnosis!

ShannyBananny @shaggin (74988) • United States 20 May 17

On the Autism groups I joined on Facebook the people start their posts with "My aspie...". It really bugs me to see this. I do not refer to my son like that I refer to him as my son or my son who has Aspergers etc. They are so...

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Yesterday was awful and today isn't going how I had hoped either

ShannyBananny @shaggin (74988) • United States 2 May 17

Last week my son and I went back to the counselor and she told us my son was diagnosed with Aspergers, anxiety and depression. Yesterday he was in a horrible mood and cried all through the two live classes he had. He was awful...

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~My Son Has Aspergers-Not Many Understand~

Jennifer @LovingMyBabies (85923) • Valdosta, Georgia 9 Jan 16

It is really hard for my son in this world. The world is so different to him than it is to us and it upsets me when people just don't understand him. He comes off as a smart a$$ to most people because he says and takes things very...

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Finding out I have Aspergers at age 30

willc98 @willc98 (67) • United States 26 Nov 12

I feel like I've been hit by a train. All those years with so much confusion and being alone, trying to mimic social behavior...I keep having nightmares now about the past. I was always bullied. I didn't know why, I just accepted...

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autism

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Mummy calls for 911...

schatzli1218 @schatzli1218 (28) • United Arab Emirates 31 Oct 11

Hi mylotters I am new here in mylot and I guess this is a good venue to seek help to mums out there that is in the same situation. I have a 6 yr old son and he was diagnosed to have autism when he was 2/3 years old and during...

sensory processing disorder

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Aspergers Syndrome

LilyoftheThorns @LilyoftheThorns (12918) • United States 19 Aug 10

I want to write a story, and my main character will be a guy that is "special." I'm not positive about what condition I'm going to give him, but I've been reading up on Aspergers syndrome. I'm also going to get the movie Adam...

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Autism

kbjunior15 @kbjunior15 (1309) • United States 22 Jul 10

What can you tell me about your experiences with an Autistic child?

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My son was diagnosed with Aspergers...any suggestions that would help us?

kbjunior15 @kbjunior15 (1309) • United States 20 Jul 10

My son is six and has been diagnosed with a mixture of Obsessive Complusive Disorder and Aspergers. We are in the beginning stages of figuring all this out. Any resources, thoughts, suggestions, experiences would be welcomed....

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Living as an adult with Aspergers .... anyone else here dealing with this?

rdolphingirl @rdolphingirl (361) • United States 15 May 10

While I don't have an official diagnoses, I am pretty sure this is what I have been dealing with for the last 30some odd years now. Social interaction, some learning issues, as well as lots of feeling like I'm from a different...

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Anxiety, Empathy, Asperger's and IDK

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 14 Apr 10

Last year I read some things and took some tests and determined that I might possibly have Asperger syndrome. Last year or possibly the year before I posted a discussion about empathy. Late last year and continuing on until...

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Are there still Aspies on mylot?

DCLehnsherr @DCLehnsherr (1037) 25 Aug 09

I just joined mylot within the last week, perhaps even on the week now actually, and when I saw that there was an Aspergers section I was quite excited really. I have the condition and have been diagnosed for about 2 years now I...

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Respectful or disrespectful?

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 30 May 09

I recently found out I have Asperger's syndrome and the husband and i are trying to figure out what that all means and how we think differently and all that. Back in 2004 my mom passed away. She was quite eccentric and secure...

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What would you do?

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 29 May 09

Say you have a condition such as autism, Asperger's, etc. where your brain is not wired quite "normally" and a "cure" was discovered that would rewire your brain. But if you allowed the procedure to be performed you almost...

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Written by a woman diagnosed as an adult with Asperger's Syndrome

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 28 May 09

What I experience hurts. What I experience is painted as weird. What I experience is often ignored by others who keep telling me that I am like them and that I just need to try harder. They don't get it anymore than I get what it...

adult diagnosis

aspergers

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Star Trek got it wrong?

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 21 May 09

There's an episode of the original Star Trek titled "The Empath". It's about an alien woman who is so sensitive to the feelings of others that she feels them as if they were her own. Recently I joined a forum "Aspies and their...

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Self diagnosis - would you pursue it?

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 31 Mar 09

So I've been reading a lot on the subject of Autism and Asperger's Syndrome, books that have been recommended to me, fiction and non-fiction. What prompted this is that my son has autism. Anyway when I read "Look Me in the Eye: My...

aspergers

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Has anyone raised a child with Aspergers?

turtlegirl @turtlegirl (148) • United States 4 Aug 08

My daughter has been recently diagnosed with Apsergers which is an autism spectrum disorder. She has a lot of behavioral issues. I wondered if anyone else has had problems like this and what they were.

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How many people are personally affected by autism?

smile44 @smile44 (167) • United States 14 Jul 08

Autism is becoming so common that most of us know or know of someone who has autism. I'm sure there are people that belong to mylot that have autism. I've been working with kids with autism for the past 2 and a half years. I...

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How well do you function?

daeckardt @daeckardt (6237) • United States 5 Apr 08

Hi everyone, I want to tell a little about my life. I always knew I was different, but I didn't know why. I was something of a loner, but I liked to be around people some of the time. I only found out in 2003 that I had...

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