What is your relation to autism/aspergers?

[fnot4grace]

My 8yr old nephew is autistic.

 

[VeronicasImage]

welcome here Fnot4grace!

 

[labellady]

My oldest son is autistic. I am looking for advice for him. If any one knows anything about autism, I would be very grateful for any help, even if it is a shoulder to cry on. Thanks and have a great night!

 

[kayd1966]

My oldest son is autistic. I am looking for advice for him. If any one knows anything about autism, I would be very grateful for any help, even if it is a shoulder to cry on. Thanks and have a great night!

Hi!

What kind of information are you looking for? How old is he?

 

[midnightbirdgirl]

My oldest son is autistic. I am looking for advice for him. If any one knows anything about autism, I would be very grateful for any help, even if it is a shoulder to cry on. Thanks and have a great night!

My son is 12 HFA I have tons of info. Just let me know. I am a good listener as well.
Be blessed,
MBG

 

[AlaskanAngels]

MY 11 year old son Bobby has PDD (Pervasive Developmental Disorder) But he has realy learned to deal with it. Once he knew somthing was differant and he was at the age to control some of it he does much better.

 

[AmyNelson]

I fulfill all of the options!

I have aspergers, my husband has aspergers, my son is autistic, and I have relatives and friends on the spectrum too.

 

[GrannySmith]

My cousin is has high functioning autism and I work (for 18 years) in Elementary Special Ed mostly with children who have autism. Love my job! Love my kids! Would not want to be anywhere else

 

[Dust and Ashes]

I have Asperger's.

 

[elenas_flickaby]

my 'little' brother (younger but much taller!) has autism. He hasn't said a word since he was 2 (now 13). i can hear him laughing away to himself as i type this! he's so sweet, his mood changes alot and he can go from very happy to very angry in a second but when he's nice he's very nice. he's always giving me hugs, and my friends too! all my closest friends think he's really cool even though he takes their food and drink if they leave it for like a second! they've all learnt to guard their food now . my brother has an obsession with food (especially apples and oranges) and watching the same video many times. at the moment it's a disneyland video, before that it was the magic roundabout.

 

[CJD]

My son and my cousin are autistic. My cousin has Asperger's and I'm not sure what level of autism my son has......I'm suspecting he's on the line of Asperger's as well.....he's pretty high fuctioning

 

[itsgood]

I have Asperger's and I sympathise completely with ace85

I'm depressed because more than anything in the world, I want to be normal. I'm sick of struggling just to make friends and keep relationships going, and I'm tired of being laughed at and abused by others for being different. I hate being alone, but because of my disease I don't have a choice. I'm tired of being weird, strange, different, disabled, special, I just want to be like everybody else and that's not gonna happen. Looking at the future it's even worse. I've been told that most autistics and aspies can't do normal things like hold down a job or get married or have kids. Some can't even live on their own. I wonder why did God make me this way, and will I ever have a chance to be normal? I'm not suicidal, but sometimes I think I would be better off dead.

And no, I'm not taking any meds. I can't take mind-altering drugs because it's against the FAA rules (I'm a private pilot and I don't want to quit flying) and when I took meds when I was a kid it had a lot of bad side effects. Meds can't take away the disease, so why bother?

 

[If Not For Grace]

None of the Above.

 

[Littlemouse]

My nephew has high functioning Autism,my son has Autisic tendencies

 

[IDDQD]

I'm (supposedly) diagnosed as having Asperger's, though my psychologist and psychiatrist aren't 100% sure yet. I'm convinced that I am, though. I can relate to those who are struggling with it here as well, as I've felt many of the same negative feelings. I had to learn to relax and just go with the flow of things, that and getting back into God's word has really helped me relax even more.

 

[itsgood]

Thanks Adam for your encouragement, it's always great when I know of someone with Asperger's that is getting on with life despite the difficulties, it inspires me to do the same

 

[eatenbylocusts]

My son 13 dx with ADHD in first grade, undiagnosed, but suspected of having Aspergers.
My daughter 7 dx with ADHD, encephalitis as a newborn, since last year having trouble socializing at school.

 

[pumanator]

Itsgood posted in one of my posts and it brought me here to try to understand something new. If one of you would give the short version of Aspergers and what you deal with I would be greatly interested.

I was severally ADHD as a child and contend with adult ADD which has caused me greif with work, home, realtionships so I can kind of relate. I also drive special needs mini school bus and love it, I feel like I can relate to "my kids" on my bus because of what I have had to endure through life since 3rd grade. The other bus drivers even think I'm a little weird for wanting to drive the short bus. I hated the big kid bus because I saw the same stupid stuff I did in school as pertains to the treatment of "different kids". Man, when it happened on my big bus runs I used to get really mad and had to not let my emotions get the best of me. I always made sure there was room in the front seats for the mainstream special needs kids if they wanted sit close to the driver (me) and would get to know them and talk to them everyday.

Of course I have autistic kids on my mini bus, they pose a special challenge because each one is very different and you have to find out what works best for them.

 

[itsgood]

I don't know how you do it, when I was a kid I was bullied on the bus and I retaliated, it was a menace

 

[pumanator]

Don't let those memories hound you...I know it's hard. I used to flash back real bad when I would see ppl pick on or make fun of kids who are "different". I know this sounds a little unforgiving but I think we who struggle with what ever form of disability ARE the NORMAL ones. Jesus spent a lot of time with "us" (still does) and rebuffed the so called elite