phoenixjsu wrote:
PlatedDrake wrote:
I miss my grandmother (mother's mother), she died in the early 90s (think i was 12). She was the only one that got "into my world," and she probably knew i was ASD (I had several tendencies similar to my uncle, mother's older brother). She knew something was up, but had no idea about AS and the understanding of autism at the time didnt include AS (or didnt know much of it by that time). I shut down to others after losing her to a heart attack that became complicated with pneumonia.
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I had a very similar incident when I was that age too. It happened to me in '87 and it was my great-aunt (she was like an extra grandmother to me). She too was only one that got into my world (at the time) and she too passed from a heart attack. I shut down and my world stopped. I recovered though and I know that if she were to see me now she would be very prowd.
Well, dunno what i can say . . . about the only thing ive done is prove that AS has finally been noticed in my family, but it still feels like its too late. Yeah, i know, 29 is young, and there are others who have been dxd late, but it doesnt reassure me that much. Hell, given the life expectancy on my mother's side is 60-70 years, i feel like half my life is gone and there is no getting it back. On the up side, my dad's family has a history of smokers and drinkers that make it to the 80s and 90s, so my chances are 50/50. That aside, i dont know what my grand mother would be proud of save that i am still alive. <sigh>