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 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Questioning child symptoms - aspergers?

Abbott
Posted: 28 Jul 2012, 8:50 am 

Replies: 17
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My younger son didn't get a diagnosis as he makes good eye contact (stares at people who are speaking to him) and they considered him having no speech delay was keeping him off the spectrum. My older son had no speech delay, but it has taken up to 5 years for him to speak to 'new' people in his life...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: 15 year old son hates living with us, should I let him go?

Abbott
Posted: 28 Jul 2012, 8:39 am 

Replies: 12
Views: 5,886
I know what you mean. I left home at 15 because my step father and I didn't get along. I slept where ever until I wore out my welcome (I was slimmer then, too as food wasn't always an option) but don't regret doing it 'cause I couldn't have stood being there any longer with the alcoholism and violen...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: 15 year old son hates living with us, should I let him go?

Abbott
Posted: 27 Jul 2012, 9:49 pm 

Replies: 12
Views: 5,886
Thanks for your responses. Every mother fibre of me agrees with you, but it does feel that the typical teenage behaviour coming in on top of what we have been living with for years may be what breaks the family. I do worry that putting the pressure on will result in him falling back into his suicida...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: 15 year old son hates living with us, should I let him go?

Abbott
Posted: 27 Jul 2012, 9:09 am 

Replies: 12
Views: 5,886
My son has Asperger's, diagnosed at 8. He has had anger and depression issues forever, it feels. He also has is extremely bright, but it seems he uses his intelligence mostly to prove himself right and make others around him feel stupid. (Unless they are his flavour of the day, then he uses it to am...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Be careful. I was wrongly diagnosed with AS as a kid.

Abbott
Posted: 23 May 2012, 8:27 pm 

Replies: 62
Views: 7,426
My father was an undiagnosed Aspie, I was very afraid of him as a child then realised as I got older something was terribly wrong with his views of the world and other people. He was murdered when I was 19 in a dispute with other homeless alcoholics he was 'living' with. My son has a very similar pe...
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