This was so very interesting to read. Your experience with your son, and your own experience are hopefully going to have very positive outcomes. I hope you will share more of your journey with us. Best wishes!
Yes, I think so. I've been sharing the journey a bunch on Facebook, and people seem to be very engaged when I talk about it there. We'll see if I stick around long enough and another prompt inspires me to write about it some more. :)
Apparently in the last couple of years they've moved Asperger's to just fall under the same ASD umbrella, though sometimes they still talk about it separately. I know when my son was being evaluated, they sort of did that, and suggested he was more ASD than Asperger's.
I know that feeling. :) But ASD does run in families, apparently.
I know someone who just got her daughter tested and learned that, while she didn't test for ASD, she has some sensory issues. As it was for you, it was a relief for her to learn more about exactly what was going on with her daughter and some recommendations for what to do about it.
I recently took an ASD survey online, and the buzzing of the walls caught my curiosity. In the end, it suggested a number on the spectrum, which kind of surprised me.
I have heard that when you get the diagnosis for your child, that things get much easier, because you have something to work with at school. I think overall, things would be easier if they stopped trying to fit every student into one box.
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I think you could see some "signs" in me growing up but don't know how much of it was just being a weird kid.
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I know that feeling. :) But ASD does run in families, apparently.
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I have heard that when you get the diagnosis for your child, that things get much easier, because you have something to work with at school. I think overall, things would be easier if they stopped trying to fit every student into one box.
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