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which are they?
autism 83%  83%  [ 25 ]
asperger 17%  17%  [ 5 ]
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18 Jul 2008, 4:06 pm

are meltdowns more asperger or autism releated? :)


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18 Jul 2008, 4:10 pm

dunno but i had one today


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18 Jul 2008, 4:18 pm

Followthereaper90 wrote:
are meltdowns more asperger or autism releated? :)


No.



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18 Jul 2008, 4:24 pm

Isnt Aspergers autism anyway (HFA)



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18 Jul 2008, 4:31 pm

Not really... HFA is the label for kids who weren't speaking at their age appropriate level by age 3. AS is the label for kids that spoke on time..



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18 Jul 2008, 4:46 pm

I'm probably Aspie and whatever I have I do meltdown sometimes under stress.


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18 Jul 2008, 4:52 pm

when they update the DSM arnt they going to put HFA and AS in the same catergory or as the same because specialists/pros can not indefinitively distinguish a difference between them



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18 Jul 2008, 5:04 pm

Meltdowns are related to the entire autism spectrum, but can even happen to NTs. Because of stronger sensory issues, it's more common amoung people with Kanner's syndrome ("classic autism"), than people with Asperger's syndrome.


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18 Jul 2008, 5:20 pm

Not sure but I still have them once in a while. Last one was last Saturday.



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18 Jul 2008, 5:53 pm

Reodor_Felgen wrote:
Meltdowns are related to the entire autism spectrum, but can even happen to NTs. Because of stronger sensory issues, it's more common amoung people with Kanner's syndrome ("classic autism"), than people with Asperger's syndrome.

am agree,there are more meltdown setoffs in classic,but it is possible for aspies to have the same level of meltdowning,there is a side label that mainly specialists use informally called explosive aspergers-it is used for aspies who have severe and regular MDs,rages,whatever want to call it.
am have the added sublabel of 'explosive autism' though dont think its official as the specialist had assessed am through sister,though couldn't care less as am can get the support am need without it.

as for NTs having meltdowns,
there is one NT user on a mixed disability forum am use,who isnt autistic but is diagnosed with some mental illnesses,a while back,some autists had joined and posted about meltdowns and the user took a liking to the word,they previously used mental breakdown in most of their posts,but due to them swapping meltdown for it and association meltdown only with pyschiatric illness,they have now convinced two major disability communities that meltdown is a mental illness thing,and is just another word for mental breakdown.
am wish meltdown would become an official term,so people would know exactly what it means,and autists amongst others who really do have them might have a chance of being better understood by specialists etc.


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18 Jul 2008, 5:58 pm

Heh, the word meltdown appears in my school records, I used to have them everyday, but the current theory is they were caused by childhood bipolar, read about those kids and you get an idea what I was like.


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18 Jul 2008, 6:02 pm

I would think its common among everybody on the spectrum, probably more common with people with just autism rather then aspergers though. I meltdown at least once a day unfortunely.


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18 Jul 2008, 6:27 pm

KingdomOfRats wrote:
Reodor_Felgen wrote:
Meltdowns are related to the entire autism spectrum, but can even happen to NTs. Because of stronger sensory issues, it's more common amoung people with Kanner's syndrome ("classic autism"), than people with Asperger's syndrome.

am agree,there are more meltdown setoffs in classic,but it is possible for aspies to have the same level of meltdowning,there is a side label that mainly specialists use informally called explosive aspergers-it is used for aspies who have severe and regular MDs,rages,whatever want to call it.
am have the added sublabel of 'explosive autism' though dont think its official as the specialist had assessed am through sister,though couldn't care less as am can get the support am need without it.

as for NTs having meltdowns,
there is one NT user on a mixed disability forum am use,who isnt autistic but is diagnosed with some mental illnesses,a while back,some autists had joined and posted about meltdowns and the user took a liking to the word,they previously used mental breakdown in most of their posts,but due to them swapping meltdown for it and association meltdown only with pyschiatric illness,they have now convinced two major disability communities that meltdown is a mental illness thing,and is just another word for mental breakdown.
am wish meltdown would become an official term,so people would know exactly what it means,and autists amongst others who really do have them might have a chance of being better understood by specialists etc.


At one school I went to, its supposed specialty was people who had a combination of developmental and psych labels (like me), but also had some with just developmental and some with just psych. Anyway, lots of people there had meltdowns, not just the autistic people. Although I suspect for some the causes were different. (Emotional rather than sensory for instance.)


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18 Jul 2008, 6:41 pm

Your so pretty Age1600



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18 Jul 2008, 7:53 pm

SIXLUCY wrote:
Your so pretty Age1600


thank you heh


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18 Jul 2008, 7:59 pm

:wink: Age1600