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fifasy
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02 Jul 2015, 10:59 am

Just curious. Is Asperger's more common among people from lower income backgrounds?



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02 Jul 2015, 11:10 am

Autism knows no different between rich and poor.

I may be a member of a powerful family but I don't think anyone would believe me, even if I was honest. :wink:


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02 Jul 2015, 11:22 am

It could be difficult to get a truthful "yes" answer. Such might be perceived as elitist, and socially frowned upon as being in poor taste.



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02 Jul 2015, 11:24 am

No, poor and powerless.



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02 Jul 2015, 12:42 pm

Not me, my family was pretty middle-class, and middle everything; neither poor nor wealthy. Nice neighbourhood, nice people (parents), valued education, being well read, arts, sciences etc. Lots of talent in art, music, etc in the family. Have a cousin I recently learned is a respected writer/journalist, but I'm guessing he's not powerful or rich on it from what I learned online about him.

My dad's side of the family valued education -- I think a cousin wound up at Oxford or Cambridge but I don't know for sure. His mum was a bit upper class but from another country. My mother's side of the family are all small business owners who kind of aimed at an "empire" situation; they're respected in their local town and probably even have a bit of money, but they're not the Trumps by a millions miles.



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02 Jul 2015, 10:27 pm

Only past generations of my family were high ranking and powerful, my parents and grandparents weren't.



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03 Jul 2015, 12:47 am

My husband's family was active in politics, and a known name in his home state. Family name is well know in his father's chosen field.

My husband is in his 50s, and none of this mattered concerning his Aspergers.

The Poors can't afford to get diagnosed in the US. That is why it seems to be a white, upper middle class and high disorder. My husband's diagnosis was $2.5K. No one making $10/hr can afford that, and our insurance refused to cover it.



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03 Jul 2015, 12:56 am

My parents were lower middle working class.


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03 Jul 2015, 2:42 am

Upper middle. Maybe wealthy by the standards of some, but definitely not powerful haha.



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03 Jul 2015, 3:16 am

Autism doesn't discriminate, but it certainly would be more commonly diagnosed in wealthier nations with subsidized healthcare and from backgrounds that stigmatize mental health less. I do think it would be more likely to be diagnosed in European cultures than Asian or African cultures, for example.


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03 Jul 2015, 9:01 am

Some demographic issues involved in autism rates are discussed here:
http://www.kennethrobersonphd.com/silic ... -syndrome/



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03 Jul 2015, 11:59 am

Tawaki wrote:
The Poors can't afford to get diagnosed in the US. That is why it seems to be a white, upper middle class and high disorder. My husband's diagnosis was $2.5K. No one making $10/hr can afford that, and our insurance refused to cover it.


Could not have possibly said it better myself! I would be looking at $1,500 minimum to prove what I already know. For me, that would probaly mean losing my car (and tripling my commute). No sane person would think that was worth it.

For what's it's worth, my fiancee's father acts like an Aspie and that's probably why she fell for me. They are VERY well off and her grandfather is quite wealthy too. Both had stereotypical Aspie jobs (accounting and engineering) and the father seems to network quite well. Wish I knew his secret.



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03 Jul 2015, 12:09 pm

Tawaki wrote:
The Poors can't afford to get diagnosed in the US. That is why it seems to be a white, upper middle class and high disorder. My husband's diagnosis was $2.5K. No one making $10/hr can afford that, and our insurance refused to cover it.


I'm the only one in the family who was able to seek a diagnosis because of my husband's health insurance (however, it was with Kaiser, a company who is known for having crap for mental health down here...). If I had to seek someone outside Kaiser, it would cost over $1000 (I looked).
My brother hasn't been able to get diagnosed because of money issues, but it's pretty obvious to everyone who meets him. I think it'd be good for him to get diagnosed just to see if he can't get any sort of support (he can't live on his own).


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03 Jul 2015, 4:37 pm

No-way----white trash, here.....












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03 Jul 2015, 9:05 pm

My family has a decent amount of money, but I wouldn't say that we're wealthy, and we're definitely not powerful lol


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03 Jul 2015, 9:10 pm

Wealthy or powerful family? Sure, but my royal, noble, governmental and political ancestors left nothing for me. Dirt poor here. Wealth tends to either: 1) get bequeathed to just one child of a family, or 2) evaporate rather quickly when bequeathed to all children of a family.


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