Marsian wrote:
Too right!
I think that Tom's Mum treated Tom as his emotional age instead of his intellectual age.
My parents always used to try to stop me doing what I wanted to do when I was a teenager and I rebelled to the max because of it.
I think it's better to have some freedom, make mistakes and learn from them because otherwise you end up blaming your parents for your problems instead of taking responsibility.
the thing is what u said before bout glad you wernt dignosed early so your parents wernt overprotective, i was dignosed at 18 and since 15 because i had been dignosed with a anxiety disorder they were treating me like a disabled, naive thing
and wen i got dignosed they went from denying it saying it wasnt true, to completely treating me like i had the mental age of 11, its incredibly fustrating, i have more meltdowns then ever and they look like tantrums i try to explain what it is but they are so stuck thinking 'naughty child' plus they didnt read up enough about aspergers they think i have down syndrome or something
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26 Aug 2009, 6:51 pm
