I'm ready to have a mature chat about Autism with my mum.

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I'm not going to talk about Autism Speaks, if there should be a cure or anything like that.

I'm just going to tell her that I remember when she told me and I'm glad she told me when she did. I'm also going to say that If I could live my adolescence over again that I'd ask my mum about what my condition was and why I was in Special ED when my typical peers started calling my class the ret*d Class and calling each other ret*ds. I'm also going to tell her that I was actually longing for the summer to be back instead of feeling sorry for myself so I could watch my favourite shows again, and for the earlier days in the 80s when fashion and hair didn't seem to matter the way that it did in high school between 1989 when I was told the news and 1993 when I graduated. How it took me a little less than a year after I graduated to get back into the music that I really enjoy, wearing ruffled shirts and to having that Mod hair that she's known me for - for most of my life.

I hope your talk goes well and your mom understands.

Same here. Thank you.

Good luck! I found out this year that I have Aspergers, and was also put into a special class for maths in Essex,UK.

I never fitted in and was a loner, but this diagnosis proves that it wasn't my fault, and that's a relief.

Im going to talk to my mom about why she never told me about aspergers. It sure would have been nice to know what was wrong with me in middle school why I could not connect with anyone. I always assumed aspergers was something else, it was not till this year I even read anything about it.

Yes, do that. When were you diagnosed?

your Mum probably was protecting you by not telling you that you had it. Still you should have been taken to a school that caters for Aspies, or been given a teaching assistant to help you organise your homewwork and made sure you understood the topic in the lesson.

I was undiagnosed till this year, and wish that I had been taught differently than everyone else, I never did homework, lost books, never spoke up in class etc.................

I hope all goes well for you. If you get along with your mum pretty well, cherish the relationship. I'd have to have a seance to talk to my mum .

I've mentioned everything that I've posted to my mum and she understood completely.

This is the first time in my life that I've told her exactly what was on my mind since I was 10.

That's awesome that it went well.

Thats fantastic, she will understand you now.