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 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: 27 Y/O daughter with Asperger's

DianaMarie
Posted: 04 Sep 2018, 8:55 pm 

Replies: 4
Views: 821
She lives at home with myself and step dad, in a separate studio apartment. All of her siblings are living on their own or with room mates. Prior to her diagnosis when she was a junior, she was an average weight and worked in a bookstore. After highschool she attempted college but that did not work ...

 Forum: School and College Life   Topic: Self-studying languages...

DianaMarie
 Post subject: Japanese
Posted: 01 Dec 2009, 12:34 pm 

Replies: 22
Views: 3,177
My 17 year old daughter is studying Japanese - she has many books and is learning to write it as well as speak it. It is quite impressive - her passion for the Japanese culture is also very cool - I tease her tho because she is a finicky eater and could never stomach their cuisine. I am trying to ge...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: My Daughter and very likely husband has AS

DianaMarie
 Post subject: Communication
Posted: 01 Dec 2009, 12:24 pm 

Replies: 14
Views: 2,102
What is the best way to communicate with an Aspie? I have realized that the most important and effective way to have a healthy relationship is communication - which I have always thought I was pretty good at expressing myself. However, I have fallen into a world in which my former means of communica...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: My Daughter and very likely husband has AS

DianaMarie
 Post subject: Strategies and/or Methods
Posted: 01 Dec 2009, 12:04 am 

Replies: 14
Views: 2,102
Thanks M for your response. I did not mean to say that medication be used to treat AS but rather the symptoms or behaviors etc. What happens when your spouse is not willing to use or even pursue any thing that might help the marriage? For example, counseling either couples or individual or reading a...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: now he's possessed?!

DianaMarie
 Post subject: Christianity and AS
Posted: 30 Nov 2009, 11:53 pm 

Replies: 36
Views: 5,573
As a Believer in Jesus Christ, I almost want to cringe when I hear things like this coming from Christians and a Pastor/Minister/Priests to boot. Clergy have gone to schools run by man and therefore in my opinion often times can offer nothing more then regurgitated theories and religious laws. With ...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Melatonin for sleep?

DianaMarie
 Post subject: Melatonin
Posted: 30 Nov 2009, 11:25 pm 

Replies: 14
Views: 4,851
My daughter has been taken it for almost a year now and it has helped her get to sleep. she has never complained of dreams or feeling sleepy in the morning. She was diagnosed with AS a year ago and melatonin was recommended by her physician. I have never tried it myself simply because once my head h...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: My Daughter and very likely husband has AS

DianaMarie
Posted: 30 Nov 2009, 11:14 pm 

Replies: 14
Views: 2,102
Ok - first off my 17 year old daughter was diagnosed with AS a year ago, my husband, her step father took an online test/quiz that indicated he was most likely AS as well. In comparing what he is like, his behaviors and sensory issues, I can agree he is also AS. However, he refuses to get a formal d...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: New Bee and Rissa

DianaMarie
 Post subject: New Bee and Rissa
Posted: 12 Nov 2009, 9:21 pm 

Replies: 3
Views: 768
Hello Everyone - my name is Diana and my beautiful 17 year old daughter Larissa was recently diagnosed with asperger's syndrome. My work as a occupational therapist has given me experience working with children on the spectrum but this is different when it is your child. All the strategies and "tool...
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