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Hi, I'm new here. I was just diagnosed last Monday as being Autistic. It explained a lot. My husband has since found a lot more empathy and patients for me. I think all three of my kids are either aspies or autistic. I think my husband may be a little too since we work very well together. And besides, who has 3 children with very similar traits if it's only me. Just a thought.

I'm 43. I told my immediate family of my diagnosis. It came with mixed reception. My sister and brother didn't want to hear it. My oldest brother was curious. My Dad and stepmom wanted to know if you found that out with blook work. My inlaws seem to take it the best. I suppose I should have got my head straight on it before talking about it, but then again I usually jump into things very quickly and figure out how to work it out after word.

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Welcome to Wrong Planet!

Remember, a diagnosis doesn't change who you are. But, it can make easier to find adaptations that allow you to do better in the real world.

Thank you all.

I have found it quite refreshing. Me being me, I took the kids to the public library and told them to have fun, while I found the section on Autism so that I could figure out what it was exactly. I was told that 'you have autism, it means that you're wired differently and that ok. She said I could call her any time with questions, but since I don't have insurance to check out this site. After taking out almost all the books I could find on the subject and having my two kids help me carry them. Then hovering over the books for the week, I agree with the doc.

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Welcome!

Welcome to wrongplanet. Are your kids intelligent?

Yes. All three.

The boys are able to excell easily at school. Our daughter lacks interest in doing any homework so her marks are a little lower but still at honor level.

As far as I can tell our oldest is an easy aspie diagnosis. The two younger are harder to guess but are definitely on the autistic spectrum. They are a very dynamic group who love each other and joke around. I think our daughter is here to help the boys become more gentle with their wording as she cries easily or attacks them is they choose to be unkind. She just doesn't know how to stop mauling her little brother who absolutely hates to be hugged when he doesn't what to be touched...I seem to be the only one who can just go and hug him without warning him. I love watching them together. The conversations they have are wonderful. They teach each other. It's really fun to watch them when commercials come one. They love to look for flaws or read what the commercial is really saying.

Sorry to go on so long. You picked a wonderful subject for me to speak on!

I guess you yourself must be intelligent. There are many women here and on facebook with asperger's who are not intelligent and they have kids with asperger's who are not intelligent either. I think that women are more likely to pass on asperger's to the next generation. I think that this is so because there is some epigenetic switch which is turned on in women and is harder to switch off in them than in men. Therefore an aspie kid of an aspie woman is less likely to be intelligent than an aspie kid of an aspie man.

Sorry to go on so long. You picked a wonderful subject for me to speak on![/quote]

I guess you yourself must be intelligent. There are many women here and on facebook with asperger's who are not intelligent and they have kids with asperger's who are not intelligent either. I think that women are more likely to pass on asperger's to the next generation. I think that this is so because there is some epigenetic switch which is turned on in women and is harder to switch off in them than in men. Therefore an aspie kid of an aspie woman is less likely to be intelligent than an aspie kid of an aspie man.


Keep messing up the quote thingy! Above paragraph is not mine. Sorry.

Ouch to all the ladies! You have made me smile though. You remind me of my oldest brother trying to tease me to see if I can be messed with! We get along wonderfully~he and I believe he is somewhere on the autistic scale as well.

I believe that most woman are very intelligent on average. It is their areas of interest that some men find less interesting. If you were to speak to them in their chosen field of interest perhaps then you may see something more.

Take myself for example. Upon my 13th year in high school I was accepted at a university for math instead of psychology. Because my father is old fashion and I lacked self confidence, I was never told about an occupation called 'engineering'. I believe, if I had, I would have welcomed the area of study. As it stood, I had no imagination for what a degree in 'math' could possibly evolve into. Therefore, I took a year off and later became an Dental Hygienist. Of which I have since left to raise our children, since I believe that is a more important job that requires a great deal of skill when done with love. (just to put things in perspective...my handed in assignments were done on a manual typewriter. Electric typewriters were just coming on board~computers where taught in school where you learned how to write programs using DOS, I graduated 3 years after the internet 'just' came on line and no one had a home computer)

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