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My DH and I are the parents of 3 daughters, 2 are in college and the youngest is in 8th grade. The youngest has AS...officially dx'd this year. Our journey has been a long and winding road, with a PDD-NOS dx at age 4, and an ADHD dx at age 6, and finally an AS dx at age 14. I will probably be spending my time over in the Parent's Forum, but wanted to stop by here and say Hello first! I will be anxious to hear from parents of AS daughters who are in the early teen years.

Thanks for this site!

I have a 12 year old who was diagnosed ADHD when she was around 7 give or take, but diagnosed as (on Autism spectrum) "PDD/NOS with 'Aspergers like symptoms'" ... my two other children, were put definitively within Aspergers, specifically.

She's a handful ... and demands a lot of attention. Above all, since she's incapable of fully verbalizing herself... she wants to be understood, and accepted, respected and loved. She wants to be loved.

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Thanks for the welcome! It sounds like you have been a busy mom for quite awhile!

When my AS girl was little, she was very hard to handle...very high need, had major melt-downs, had no fear and was very energetic. Now I find that she is very serious and mostly low-key. I think the switch in activity level, and general attitude, happened around 3rd-4th grade.

It is good to meet you...Thanks again for the welcome!

Welcome to WP!

Welcome to WrongPlanet, and welcome to my time warp.

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Thanks for the welcoming posts...it's nice to be here!

“Hello,” NikonRox, and welcome greetings to the Wrong Planet community.

Greetings, JetLag!

Any ADHD symptoms tied in there? Wahoo... my daughter is constantly fearless and getting hurt... impervious to pain sometimes, I think. She was crawling up in trees, very young and fearless... demanding the center of attention allllllll the time. She's very competitive too (at least at home with her siblings)... part of it, is the aspect of wanting reassurance she's loved, needed and wanted -- belonging... I think she has some insecurity... she must be the center of the stage, or she doesn't trust or believe in people. All the reassurance with mega, multiple kudos somehow, always seems to fall on deaf ears... I wish I could get it through to her, just how special she really is. My inability to verbalize that, doesn't help. Sometimes I try to think of things I can do (actions... no words necessary) to compliment the words... but she's still letting off the signals of needing something more...



Mine is in the 7th Grade now... but she's still pretty active.

Yes, there is some ADHD there! At this point it is really just an inability to focus on difficult subjects at school, but when she was young, like 3, she was SO active and fearless that I ran myself ragged chasing after her for safety's sake. She would also just go off with anybody...didn't matter who they were or if she had ever met them before. I was a nervous wreck when she was young! I couldn't let her out of my sight for a nanosecond!

As far as being the center of attention...not really. She hates to be noticed at this age....wants to blend in and fly under the radar. Very quiet and polite at school. Very serious and polite with adults. A little more animated with her friends.

Mine would do the same and similar. She thought it was funny, going shopping, and playing "hide and seek" -- running up and down the aisles, calling for her and Wal-Mart employees in an uproar.



At home.. mine demands center attention.
At school... staff described her to me as "hanging her head" and refusing to make eye contact as she walked down the hall. They'd speak to her, and she doesn't look at them. She's another person at home. totally different. I can't believe she was in school all those years (until 7th grade) and not one soul among faculty ever suggested Autism. They knew she was introverted, awkward and shy. Shyness didn't explain things. I didn't see those behaviors at home, only hearsay on occasion from parent-teacher discussions.

Hello NikonRox, welcome, enjoy your stay on the Wrong Planet!