Asperger's Syndrome

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I am an 11 year old girl with Asperger's Syndrome. I was diagnosed at age 2, right after I had my last round of immunizations. After I had my last round of immunizations. That's when I started acting weird.

Hmm acting werid can you describe this weird because all of us Aspies always do things that are weird. Welcome to the Aspie club. To bad no hadn't commented here as yet. What have you been doing that is werid.

That was when I was younger. Now my AS is getting better.

I'm glad to hear that. I'm glad your doing well.

hi *waves*

Gosh you were diagnosed young weren't you? I didn't realise you could get AS diagnosed when you were that young. Was it suggested that it was linked to the immunizations? I'm asking this because my AS was suspected of being linked to the MMR vaccine I had when I was very young. According to my parents, it was after this vaccine that my behaviour markedly changed, and no one really knows whether it is or not as no one in my family has it. I think personally I just turned out this way but hey, meh.

alot of people think it's vacines too but that's kinda the age when symptoms would surfuse anyways.

Maybe the immunizations make the symptoms come sooner. But still, I was immunized, and I never got diagnosed with Asperger's until I was 9, however I was still diagnosed with some form of autism when I was 3 or 4. But 2 years old is really young to be diagnosed with Asperger's; it's really rare actually.

Captain Brown

I can discredit the vaccine theory two ways...

1. they've done the research in Montreal
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/s ... 619796.htm
(read the transcript).

2. People with lots of Asperger's traits have been around longer than vaccines have. In fact someone with aspergers probably discovered and developed vaccines. Asperger's used to be called things like eccentric and single minded and a lot of scientists and doctors show many aspergers traits.

For most people, they get it from their parents!

The reason your parents noticed when you were around two, is because that is the age that most children start getting difficult to deal with and the parents seize on any explanation they can find to explain it. But it's all part of growing up. So maybe the standard ways of dealing with tempermental two year olds didn't work with you so your parents had to dig some more.

Pay close attention to your parents. Do one or both of them get upset about
change, sudden change in routine, surprises?
Does one or both of them like particular food, can smell everything - like burning things ie someone smoking from far away? Do one or both like it quiet and calm at home? Do one or both of them dislike parties or find them hard work? Does one (or both) like to give long lectures on why things should be done their way and they don't always ask your opinion? As you learn more about aspie traits - look out for them in your parents.

When they complain about something you do, you can reply - you do that too....

Of course your parents might not want to hear this diagnosis from their child - so I wouldn't throw it in their face directly.

Pay attention to the good things about being aspie, being good at researching ideas, and finding everything about something, being very honest and direct etc and remind your parents there are good things too.

There have been theories that AS is linked to the MMR vaccine, and because of that my parents wouldn't let me get the booster shot, just in case it affected me in any way. I personally think AS is more to do with genetics than anything, but either way it'll be interesting to see if people finally discover what it really is. Anyway, welcome to the forums Captain_Brown!

What do you mean that you AS is getting "better"? Does this mean that you are focusing it more positively, or taking control of it, or something else?

My parents never had Autism or Asperger's. I think I am the 1st one in the family tree to have it. My mother thought it was my last round of immunizations as an infant. Then, I acted really horrible like in my mind. I repeated the same thing over and over, acting crazy, obsessed over everything, behavior, and social skills were horrible. My social skills have improved. All of those things have improved.

Wobbegong,

Not to be mean, but my parents really like for me to ask about my childhood, it doesn't bother them. Only some of the things did, but most of the things I asked wasn't a problem at all. I wasn't saying anything to complain, I didn't mean it by that way. I was saying what happened after my vaccines.

Emily Danielle Brown

My parents never had any of these aspie trails at all. None of them in my family, I don't think.