A bunch of questions for AS parents

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I was diagnosed after my five year old. I have to kids, one HFA one NT, we think. Their father is NT. He's clever and rational, and does like his books, but he likes chit chat and cold talk and is pretty smooth. He's also been known to learn the names and faces of several hundred students in one semester. He's great to lean on in any social situation and he helps me alng sometimes and signals when I've bee talking for too long or strayed rom the topic.

Hmmm - that's really interesting, I'm hearing from a lot of people diagnosed after their child. What about people who were diagnosed independently - any more of you guys have data to share?

No kids here yet but I'm already diagnosed. I was 12 when I got it. My parents took me there for testing and all. Mostly my mother.

Well, Spokane_Girl, let me know when you have a kid .

How about others that were diagnosed as a child/teen: do you have children, and do they have AS?

Three kids here. One diagnosed with "Autistic Disorder" (15 years old), the other has a mix of many things (ASC-traits, ADD/ADHD, Dyslexia) and is not diagnosed with anything (16 years old). The youngest one is too young (5 years). We parents are not diagnosed with anything, but none of us are NT. This is exactly the problem. Not being diagnosed does not mean NT.

I score 150/50 on Aspie-quiz and my wife score a little lower but still "very likely Aspie". Our diagnosed daughter also scored "very likely Aspie" a while ago.

What do you need the research for? And you are aware that, without sufficient controls and development of consistent questioning process, that what information you do glean from these questions will not necessarily be useful or bias-free, yes? I was unofficially dx'd after my son was dx'd as HFA. His mother did not exhibit any spectrum traits upon looking back; those appear to come from my side of the family exclusively.


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1) How many children do you have, and what conditions do they have?
son, 13 years: NVLD (probably AS, currently under reassessment)
daughter, 8 years: NT, ADHD with IQ of 130

2) Is the father(s) of your children NT?
unknown, but probably. he may have a personality disorder (histrionic or narcissistic). he thrives in social situations. in fact, he can't stand not being around people and getting a lot of attention.

3) Did you get diagnosed before or after your child?
technically, either independently of or before. my son was dx'd NVLD and it never occurred to me that I might have a PDD. it was after discovering an AS sibling that I went in for assessment and found that I have AS. if it turns out that my son is actually AS, then officially I will have been dx'd before him and my dx will have led to his, but as it stands now the two are not related.

Our son is diagnosed with autism, our daughter with aspergers, and my husband and myself both come out as aspies on online quizzes. My father is very much "on the spectrum" as is my husband's father. My father's grandfather was the guy in the coal mine who was called in to fix anything. My mother's grandfather had the complete old testament memorized, which would have been a lofty goal in his community. Delving further, my female ancestors on my mother's side have all had very special and unusual talents (one could look at any piece of clothing in a store and go home to reproduce it exactly, another was a healer, and so forth.

I think it's fair to say that we came by our autism honestly.