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 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: hello from oregon

gothiccandle
Posted: 15 Jan 2014, 12:38 pm 

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thanks for the welcomes :)

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: hello from oregon

gothiccandle
 Post subject: hello from oregon
Posted: 12 Jan 2014, 12:11 pm 

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I signed up here years ago, and had forgotten. While doing some research I rediscovered this site so I thought I'd participate a bit. Here are a few things about myself. I am 26 years old. I live in Oregon and am glad of it since i hate sunshine. I love history, language, science, reading and writin...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: need info on parents with autism, not children.

gothiccandle
Posted: 12 Jan 2014, 11:26 am 

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People do have a restricted definition of "normal" and my family would agree they are not normal, however they are more normal than others lol. I may be "different" but im more different than my family would prefer, however when you put into lists my so called autistic traits are often family traits...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: need info on parents with autism, not children.

gothiccandle
Posted: 12 Jan 2014, 5:09 am 

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There is defiantly evidence in my family of a genetic link, but since I'm the only one diagnosed I wont win any arguments since their life has never been disrupted enough to require a diagnosis(or in the case of my dad, a brain tumor was blamed for any oddity), I was diagnosed with asperger's when i...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: need info on parents with autism, not children.

gothiccandle
Posted: 11 Jan 2014, 3:35 pm 

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I agree and am glad to hear of those successes, but it's difficult to explain that to those NT people who believe I and others are subpar, though they try to hide or defer their true opinion. Not to mention my own mom who believes that to bring children into this world given the current genetic theo...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: need info on parents with autism, not children.

gothiccandle
Posted: 11 Jan 2014, 1:51 pm 

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Views: 6,932
There is tons of information for "normal" parents of children on the spectrum, but the older a child gets, and thus is no longer a child, the less information there is. Autism doesn't disappear after 20 and higher functioning people like myself would like to have kids, but I can't find any informati...
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