Semi-diagnosed! Also any good resources for parents?

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So I almost finished explaining my symptoms to my psychiatrist and I asked her if she thought it was likely, if she could treat me or I had to go to a specialist.

She said she specialized in BOTH adults and children which in psychiatry here (don't know how it works elsewhere?) she explained it means she knows about all types of developmental disorders. She says that she's pretty sure I have some developmental disorder like AS, and that I could tell my parents with some level of certainty (my parents wouldn't have believe me, they don't like me looking stuff up on the internet).

One of my parents took it well, said they remembered some things that matched what I'm talking about. I haven't told the other one. Anybody know any good resources for parents? As in actual articles. I can translate it for them, no problem, but a forum wouldn't work. But yeah... I don't know what would be helpful to them. I want something that explains how they can help, how they should help, and shouldn't. I have a big problem getting them to understand I want to have lots of alone time. They feel I'm isolating myself from the world, when really, I'm very happy like that, and in turn it makes me eventually want to go out.

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You should get some good responses here.

I'm not a parent but I found some articles for parents of kids with ASD's

My Aspergers Child

AANE

Sorry I posted in the wrong place. My first intention was to just announce the news, and then i thought about asking for some tips.

I'm in my teens/adult years so advice for kids doesn't work well.

You didn't really post in the wrong place, I just thought you'd get more responses here. Some of the parents who use this forum have kids of your age and older, so you should get plenty of responses (I hope). If not, I'll move the thread back. I left a shadow in it's original place, so it should be seen there too.

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There are parents of teens and young adults here, so that's no problem.

How old are you and what part of the world do you live in?

If the books Look Me in the Eye and Be Different have been translated into your language, they might be good to give to your parents to read.

There are a lot of good free articles at http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/Articles.aspx. I'd have to look throught them again to find a specific one to recommend.