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SarahLynn
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11 Oct 2012, 3:15 pm

I wanted to introduce myself. I am Sarah and I am married to Justin and we have four beautiful children. Our middle two children have been diagnosed with PDD-NOS and I found out after the first diagnosis that my husband's doctor suspected he was on the spectrum as a child but his ignorant parents chose to ignore testing. I believe that he is somewhere on the Autism Spectrum because he has a lot of the traits of it and it really would explain some things.

The reason I wanted to join this site is that it is hard to find information on how us NT's can really understand the ASD family members we have. I don't believe that crap about it being a curable disease and so rather than try and "fix" the people I love I want to learn how to talk to them and help them cope in this NT world. I am also hoping I can come here with some questions and get an answer from someone with Autism/Aspergers rather than asking an "expert". If that makes any sense.



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11 Oct 2012, 4:10 pm

Well Sarah, you've come to the right place! This website fits the description you're looking for perfectly!

Welcome to Wrong Planet! :cheers:


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11 Oct 2012, 4:12 pm

Welcome to WP SarahLynn!

Hope you like it here! :)



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11 Oct 2012, 4:45 pm

Greetings and welcome to Wrong Planet Sarah!


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11 Oct 2012, 4:50 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet!


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11 Oct 2012, 7:02 pm

:hail: yay someone that actually wants to understand us. Hello!



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11 Oct 2012, 8:24 pm

thank you for the welcomes. I can't wait to get to know everyone here. :)



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12 Oct 2012, 1:23 am

SarahLynn wrote:
thank you for the welcomes. I can't wait to get to know everyone here. :)


Welcome. There is an awesome thread about the open hotline NT--AS. Thats a good place to start.

One of the best ways to learn about us is to see what we ask. That really tells you what we miss more than what we tell you we miss (after all we don't know cause we miss it lol).



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12 Oct 2012, 5:52 am

Welcome to WP,
I think your approach is good. Some Autistic instinctive behaviors are different from Neurotypical ones and understanding those can really help reduce the friction in your family. Then you can focus more on working together on their skills interfacing with the NT world, which is less forgiving.