undiagnosed AS/HFA adult (mom), and diagnosed chd AS/HF

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Thank you

You're very welcome.

The first thing in that article that jumped out to me and my mom is that I was hyperlexic (could read fluently from age 3).

Reading all of your posts makes me feel really grateful that I had the parents I had. We were never "close" but they were accepting and encouraging (my mom anyway, I haven't spoken to my dad in years, except once recently, when I told him my daughter was autistic he just said"I know" and left it at that. Of course he's as AS as they get...wow 3 "as's" in a row, trippy) My mother kept dropping hints that I NEVER got about MY AS symptoms all the time (like spinning around on this little "waist reducing" board she had for HOURS at a time, I'd forgotton all about it, sure did love that thing, I could read fluently by 4 years of age. NOT always a good thing, when I got to first grade I spent a lot of time in the hall for correcting, everyone elses reading, ect. ect)Both of my parents are (were, my mother died a couple years ago) extreamly intelligent and I think my mom had done her homework before even breaching the subject w/ me. My daughter was DX'd 2 years ago in Dec. as Autistic, and went into early intervention classes which I must say have REALLY helped A LOT. I had never even heard of AS until all of my daughters therapists and teachers independtly of each other all told me I exhibited a lot of the symptoms. Really did't believe them at the time (was in self-denial) but it's just too glaring to ignore any longer.
I emphatically agree that you need to "make a stand for your sons emotional well-being" and tell your parents to knock it off. I know it can be hard to stand up to them, they are your parents after all, but you have to do it for your son. Does your son hear the conversations that are had about him? I think that may be detrimental also. Can he FEEL the tension when they visit? Kids are a lot more perceptive than adults tend to give them credit for. How horriable for you to be put in the middle of this conflict w/ people you love. They need to find ways to support you and him instead of tearing you down with their backwards views. I'm a single parent now and while it is hard at least I don't have the negative aspects of "Family" to deal w/. My heart truly goes out to you and good luck. Have to go "Shop-vac" the bathroom floor now, my little angel is "swimming in the tub". Sorry so long, I do that every time.