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Hi! I have a 6 year old daughter who was just diagnosed with Aspergers. I am looking for other moms of Asperger Girls! Most of the other Aspie moms I have met have sons.

Not raising one, but I once was one!

I have a 7yr old daughter with Aspergers and I'm probably one too. I've met a lot more Mums of girls with Aspergers on-line. All the Mums of kids with Aspergers that I know IRL have sons.

I've just spotted your thread in the intros forum. I just wanted to say that it sounds like you've been going through what we went through for many years. My daughter never ever did a thing she was asked, I mean nothing, and no punishment or reward system had any effect (although she's always had a lovely nature, at the same time). But, my daughter is no longer the handful she was. Just last October, a few weeks before her 7th birthday (we were on holiday, so I can pinpoint the date) she had a huge turn around. She's now a lovely young lady, most of the time. Honestly, I'm still in shock. She seemed to mature overnight. She's not perfect and there are still major issues with her concentration, more than anything else, but it's nothing like it was.

It sounds like your daughter's coming on well too. That's great and I really hope it continues.

Anyway, this forum is great for bouncing ideas of one another, as some Mums are more experienced than others. Welcome!

Did you read this book yet? Aspergirls

Hi there, I have a 5 year old daughter, we are most of the way to a formal diagnosis of AS, or whatever it wil be on the new labeling system!

Heres some Aspiegirl links I have found helpful:

Aspergers In Pink Facebook page

Kristinas Blog (Girl from Aspergers In Pink book)

Sounds familiar to me! Im hoping we will see a turn around soon, my daughter is 5, we have had some improvement in behaviour since starting a new school but the anxiety has increased.

Hello all! As my signature says l have a 12yr old aspie girl. We are looking now down the road of teenage times so l have joined the site to have better understanding of what's going on for her. There has been some great advice l have seen on this site but remember every ones journey is different and what has happened to one may not happen for the other. If you have any questions with your girls being younger fire away

hiii my 2 year old daughter is probable aspie!
she's not been fully diagnosed yet cos of her age

I have a 15 year old daughter. According to her, she has no Mom so I have ended up in that role.

We've had some good years where she was a superstar. And some years that were really difficult with violent behavior, school problems, and frequent talk of wishing to be dead. Two years ago was about a 9.5/10. Last year was like a 4. This year is like an 8. (10 is best)

She was originally diagnosed with both AS and ODD. Maybe similar to the "willful defiance" you mentioned in another thread. I always agreed about the AS, but have always been skeptical about the ODD. I think the defiant behavior is just an instinctive response to overwhelming stress that is best understood through the AS diagnosis.

WP has been enormously valuable to me for the opportunity to learn from other people's real-life experiences. If you are uncertain about a particular issue or challenge you are currently facing then please post it. Then before long the newcomers will be learning from you.

Was she diagnosed after January 1? if so then she would be high functioning autistic...

My 7 yr old daughter had hyperlexic development despite a speech delay and up to the age of 3.5 we thought she would be a genius. Much to our surprise when her speech never developed and by 5 she was diagnosed with autism.

Two years later and she is speaking to us and remains academically bright. I suspect in a year or two she would be considered an "aspie" but currently we have a problem labelling her. We would like her to socialise but she is (much like other autistic kids) not interested in making friends. She is however performing academically 2 yrs ahead of her NT classmates. While she is precocious with her parents, she makes no effort to communicate with outsiders. I've tried to engage parents of kids with Aspergers at a social skills class but they don't seem enthusiastic for their kids to mix with her. Perhaps they percieve she will hold their own children back? anyway it's hard enough to find other girls with autism or Aspergers for her to socialise with. At this point I have given up on friendship and hope she will just watch the NT kids at school. I'll also re-look at enrolling for another social skills class (despite the lack of engagement).

My 13-year-old dd was dx with Asperger's 1.5 yrs ago. She has a lot of academic deficits and few social / emotional challenges now, so in many ways things that work with kids on different parts of the spectrum work better with her than those with Asperger's or HFA. We had some behavioural difficulties when she was younger (perfect baby, youngest of a large family and easiest, then a difficult toddler who would not listen or negotiate the way older siblings did). The behavioural problems peaked at the same time the academic ones did, at the beginning of middle school. She ended up being suspended and we needed to move into high gear to get the dx and get the school to help rather than punish. She now has accommodations and modifications and is doing much better, but I've also relaxed a lot of expectations (contrary to a lot of advice I've been given).
J.

I'm willing to help, I am an Aspie girl age 13, my mother is also Asperger's Syndrome(though she hasn't seen fit to get a diagnosis for herself) and I understand both the challenges of parenting AS kids from observation and the difficulty of being one through observation and experience.

I have a 5 year old daughter diagnosed ASD and a 2.75 year old daughter that is probable. Something is up with her. Anyway, my 5 yo dd is a lot like MoPs daughter only no break through yet.

My seven year old (almost eight) daughter was just diagnosed this week with HFA. She did have language regression but she was younger than the age at which they class it as regression/delayed language. So technically she could be Asperger's or HFA but they went with HFA. As we are in the UK the DSM is not relevant as to losing the title of Asperger's and calling it autism, as they use the IDC-10 here.

She is extremely oppositional and difficult!

Thats something Ive been wondering myself, hoping to get a formal diagnosis of AS for my little girl this year and wasnt sure if it would be changing. Thanks