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Lnb1771
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17 Apr 2014, 12:21 pm
skibum wrote:
I remember the year you 29er's were born. Autism Spectrum was not known at that time. It was until that year, in 1985, that people, as in the general public, started to learn about Autism on a little wider scale when Sylvester Stallone's second son Seargeoh was diagnosed and it made national headlines. It was the very first time I had ever heard of Autism and there was no Spectrum then. I remember reading the article about him in I think it was People Magazine or some magazine like that. He was six years old. I even remember where I was and what I was wearing when I read it. I was a huge Rocky/Sly fan and I was so interested by this article.
Then in 1988 with the movie Rainman, which I saw in the theaters, thank you very much
, Autism became more of a household name. But Asperger's and Autism Spectrum were not really known publicly yet so if you were mild in your symptoms or if you were a girl and did not present like a classic boy, you would have most likely been missed. I don't know when the Autism Spectrum came into play or when Asperger's started to get more widely known and more readily diagnosed but it was not until pretty recently. So the fact that your parents did not know or you were not found out when you little is not really that surprising. And when I was little all of our Aspie and Misophonic symptoms, I have Misophonia also, were basically just treated as bad behavior.
Then in 1988 with the movie Rainman, which I saw in the theaters, thank you very much
, Autism became more of a household name. But Asperger's and Autism Spectrum were not really known publicly yet so if you were mild in your symptoms or if you were a girl and did not present like a classic boy, you would have most likely been missed. I don't know when the Autism Spectrum came into play or when Asperger's started to get more widely known and more readily diagnosed but it was not until pretty recently. So the fact that your parents did not know or you were not found out when you little is not really that surprising. And when I was little all of our Aspie and Misophonic symptoms, I have Misophonia also, were basically just treated as bad behavior.This post made me think of my situation. I was diagnosed in 1975 through a series of events that consisted of my uncle nagging my mom that something was wrong with me developmentally. Then my mom watched the Mike Douglas show that featured an autistic child. She recognized those behaviors in me. Next she went to an autism society meeting where she was put in touch with Laura Schriebman. Next thing you know, I am placed in the Lovaas study and was deemed "indistinguishable from her peers" by age six. Although it's unlikely that I my behaviors now would get me a diagnosis, I was under the impress that once autistic, always autistic. It's just that my challenges are more subtle now. They can come out more when I'm under stress such as hungry or sleep deprived. I have trouble with processing spoken language. I mishear things a lot, especially music lyrics. I also can't talk to someone on the phone and quickly switch over to talking to someone in person. I get all confused and jumbled up. I'm not a big fan of the telephone for that reason.
Anyway, that's enough about me.
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Lnb1771
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