Any other special needs parents here?

138shades wrote: »

There is no Asperger's anymore. Its a part of the Autism Spectrum. No one should be diagnosing that anymore.

That's true in the United States, but it's not globally true. And many Americans got their Asperger's Syndrome diagnosis when it was still valid. That diagnosis did not disappear.

Importantly, autistic adults who have been given a diagnosis of "Asperger's Syndrome" often choose to identify very strongly with it. It's important to allow people that are part of a class choose their own identity language.

I am autistic. I do not "have autism", "suffer with autism", and if anyone prefers to say that I'm "on the autism spectrum" to avoid saying "autistic", I like to reassure them that I am very comfortable with and prefer to be called an "autistic person" or "autistic man" or even "autist". Likewise, you'll find a lot of people who were Dx'd with "Asperger's Syndrome" self-identifying as "Aspies". I respect their choice.

I just got a diagnosis for my son last night, we have known that there was something a little different about him but Doctors said no he is a normal, healthy boy. Well the evaluations came back that my 5 year old has ADHD, anxiety, and falls on the high functioning Autism Spectrum, or Aspergers if it were still a diagnosis.

My son is scarily smart, it is just he is lacking in the social aspects. He does not understand personal space, or boundaries. He will get right up to another person, almost in their face, and shout, as he also does not understand volume control. He is my little buddy so I want to learn as much as I can to help and support him.

mweckler wrote: »

My son is scarily smart, it is just he is lacking in the social aspects. He does not understand personal space, or boundaries. He will get right up to another person, almost in their face, and shout, as he also does not understand volume control. He is my little buddy so I want to learn as much as I can to help and support him.

Yup...sounds familiar but the volume control...he doesn't like loud things
but he can tell you all sorts of things. His teacher was telling me today he's been spacey but asks questions...he's so smart you know she prefaced it with

You are not alone. I have a special needs child too. Learning, speech and motor skill delays. No diagnosis. Any of you feel free to FR me.

I have 3 children ages 4,3,1 the older two both have autism. I can very hard on me at times..I would eat when I felt stressed due to their conditions and blame myself. I love my children more than anything, but sometimes it do s take a toll on me and I would need food to fill the pain, or stress, or any bad emotion.

I'm a mom to an awesome 6 yr old, he is nonverbal autistic. Anyone feel free add me..it does get stressful but I have found a good balance at keeping myself positive and not over worrying.
You have to look at it like this: if we spend all our days over worrying and stressing ourselves out, we are not spending our time wisely. Take one day at a time, and try to enjoy the time we have with them. Easier said than done I KNOW.

I'm mom to a 12 year old with Tourettes + the whole host of fun that usually comes with it ADHD, Anxiety, OCD. Good new is when he has a good medication combination and we are consistent, his tics, anxiety and OCD are very much under control. Still can't get him to a level where his ADHD is not an issue due to weight loss, but I'll take 3 out of 4. But it can be draining and stressful on a family. I can't imagine how difficult it must be for some of you with profoundly disabled children, some with multiple. I truly hope you have a strong support network.