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Hello, I've been kinda lurking for a little while now. Thought I should join and introduce myself. I am a 30 year old female. I am a single mother of two little boys, ages 7 and 3. My 7 year old has Asperger's. We went through the typical path with figuring out what was "wrong" with him. I still want to kick on pediatrician. When he was a year old, she asked if he was affectionate. I said yes, and asked why she wanted to know. She said "well, if he wasn't affectionate I would think he probably was autistic, but since he's affectinate with you, that can't be it" Anyway, after years of incorrect diagnosies and all, a little over a year ago, we finally got the right now. I had read an article on Asperger's, and some sixth sense kicked in. I did just a little research, and called his psychiatrist. He thought it was worth exploring, and sent me to a neuro-developmental pediatrician. After several hours with her team talking with both my son and I, turns out my "Mommy sense" was right.

So, I did what any mother (at least any mother like me) would do, and started researching the heck out of it. I soon came to the conclusion that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. See I spent my entire childhood going from one mental health professional to another, trying ot figure out what was "wrong" with me. They never did figure it out. So, I figured out that I'm an Aspie too. I see no reason to go through the time and expense at this point to be officially diagnosed.

Well, again the apple doesn't fall far. I'm a single Mom, my ex is totally out of the picture, with the exception of that monthly allotment. THe boys and I live with my parents. My Dad has always been a bit odd. It seems he's an Aspie too. Which he didn't entirely beleive until recently. I got him to read "Pretending to be Normal". As soon as he read that, he asked for the rest of my Aspie books. He's a bit stunned, but he'll come around.

So, we have 5 people living in this house, and 3 of them are Aspies. The cool thing is that around here, we're the majority I do feel a bit bad sometimes for my poor mother though.

Anyway, that's my intro. I hope I've found myself a nice cyber home.

Donna

Welcome to the site, Donna (and family).

Welcome to WP.

I was diagnosed last week at the age of 41 after hearing about AS in January. My wife suggested AS when she heard about in a course she was taking.

I wish the best for you. And WP is a very nice place.

Welcome! Your story makes me think of who in my family might be an aspie, too. So far for sure, it's me, a nephew and possibly a sister with my dad having been a prime contender, but he passed away a few years back.
My father was into astronomy. then pre-columbian new world civilizations, then wood working or photography for obsessively long periods. He also almost never had a friend over to the house. My symptoms seem to be more pronounced than either my sister or dad, but I have a successful career and a wonderful wife and son.

Thanks for sharing your situation and I hope you like it here. I am fairly new...lurked a bit and post here and there. I like all the variety of folks here real well and we have a lot in common and many interesting and unique differences, too.

Earlier this evening my wife (NT) said, "maybe aspies have a rally in Santa Fe, or something where we could go and hang out". It made me laugh to think that Aspies are not typically prone to gathering in a big group for socializing. Wrong Planet does a woderful service in providing a gathering place for socializing via the web....and who knows, maybe there really are groups of aspies who get together somewhere here in the Southwest.

Mean time I just hope Wrong Planet remains in orbit!

Welcome, Aspie-Mom!

Sincerely,
Ghosthunter

Yeah welcome aspie mom, no need to lurk in the background anymore. sincerly welcome to our planet

Hey, I don't normally welcome people, but you have an interesting story. Where did you find the book "Pretending to be Normal"? Sounds good. Hope you find this site interesting.