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]]> By: Valosia http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-1658 Valosia Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:40:32 +0000 http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-1658 Well, talking about Aspergers. I am 26 years of age. I was diagnosed several years back. But, should had been before hand but anyways, that is another story. My husband is twenty-two of age and he has Aspregers, he has not been officially diagnosed just yet, we are going to have that done once we are finally finished moving. His sister is 18years, she has been in fostercare since she was 12, we just found out the other day that she had been diagnosed with Aspergers also. What pisses me off is that her case worker did not contact there mother and tell her. Or even the foster parent. There mother also most likely have it too. We have a daughter who is fifteen months and she most likely have it also. I am going to have her checked out when she is two or three. Nephew my elder sister her son seems like he has deffinant signs of Autism, not quite sure where on the spectun he'd lay. My other sisters three year old son(only child) we are also worried about too. My other sister, she has three childern. I am not woried to much about them.. only the baby who is a mounth younger than my daughter. She has always been sickly, almost died at birth. But, she extreamly worries me. She is really behind, but it can just be the fact that she has been a sickly baby her whole life. So she may not devlop no where near as fast because of it? o.o I just hope to god for her(the baby) and my sisters sake that she is not Autistic. Because of the father. I know he'd leave her and try to take the other two kids away. I just hope to god that the baby is ok. Sorry me rambeling. Just ignore it. Good bye. I go now. Sorry about that. Well, talking about Aspergers. I am 26 years of age. I was diagnosed several years back. But, should had been before hand but anyways, that is another story.

My husband is twenty-two of age and he has Aspregers, he has not been officially diagnosed just yet, we are going to have that done once we are finally finished moving. His sister is 18years, she has been in fostercare since she was 12, we just found out the other day that she had been diagnosed with Aspergers also. What pisses me off is that her case worker did not contact there mother and tell her. Or even the foster parent. There mother also most likely have it too. We have a daughter who is fifteen months and she most likely have it also. I am going to have her checked out when she is two or three. Nephew my elder sister her son seems like he has deffinant signs of Autism, not quite sure where on the spectun he’d lay. My other sisters three year old son(only child) we are also worried about too. My other sister, she has three childern. I am not woried to much about them.. only the baby who is a mounth younger than my daughter. She has always been sickly, almost died at birth. But, she extreamly worries me. She is really behind, but it can just be the fact that she has been a sickly baby her whole life. So she may not devlop no where near as fast because of it? o.o I just hope to god for her(the baby) and my sisters sake that she is not Autistic. Because of the father. I know he’d leave her and try to take the other two kids away. I just hope to god that the baby is ok. Sorry me rambeling. Just ignore it. Good bye. I go now. Sorry about that.

]]> By: Ariane http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-1355 Ariane Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:07:12 +0000 http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-1355 Thank you for this post! Asperger's has definitely been overlooked. However, now that we have become more educated about the symptoms, the number of children in my own school that fit the criteria is astounding. Thank you for this post! Asperger’s has definitely been overlooked. However, now that we have become more educated about the symptoms, the number of children in my own school that fit the criteria is astounding.

]]> By: Marla http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-410 Marla Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:00:45 +0000 http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-410 Your son is so cute. We had many problems with schools in that Maizie would behave well for the most part. She did not cause major problems or disruptions so we were looked at as over reacting. Our road to diagnosis was a long, bumpy and stressful one. We had every diagnosis except autism. Bipolar, PTSD, GAD, Mental Retardation and the list goes on and on. When I would bring up that I thought Maizie fit all the criteria for autism the doctors always said, "She is too loving." or, "She makes eye contact so she can't be autistic." or the worse, "You don't want to 'go there' yet...that diagnosis is too devastating." I would get so frustrated because in my mind it was so obvious. Your son is so cute.
We had many problems with schools in that Maizie would behave well for the most part. She did not cause major problems or disruptions so we were looked at as over reacting. Our road to diagnosis was a long, bumpy and stressful one. We had every diagnosis except autism. Bipolar, PTSD, GAD, Mental Retardation and the list goes on and on. When I would bring up that I thought Maizie fit all the criteria for autism the doctors always said, “She is too loving.” or, “She makes eye contact so she can’t be autistic.” or the worse, “You don’t want to ‘go there’ yet…that diagnosis is too devastating.” I would get so frustrated because in my mind it was so obvious.

]]> By: fw2 http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-409 fw2 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:41:35 +0000 http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-409 I find one of the problems with those that have children on the upper end of the scale (severe, non-verbal dx - like my youngest), envy those that have children on the communicative end of the scale (my eldest). And think those with "mild", "Aspergers", "NVLD" have it easy. I HATE low and high functioning... looking at my youngest... there's nothing "low" or "slow" about him. He's SMART!!!! He may not learn as quick or without help, but he's learning, speaking, typing - and mastering - the 3 R's - Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmatic. So what if he's not fully toilet trained nor holds a conversation. Then I get "well his dx must be wrong"... makes me grind my teeth to keep from telling them that they have children and maybe they should learn to live with, accept and ENJOY them before they grow up. My eldest has Non-verbal learning disorder with a s/l delay. Which makes his Dx - "a mild form of ASD" since NVLD does not have a s/l delay component. The s/l delay is now totally within the "normal" range for his age... it's still there... language can give him problems but the school knows this so it's a non-issue. Had he not had the s/l delay he would have been missed. B/c of his dx a child last year - 2yrs older than he - was dx'd with Asperger's b/c the child's quirks and my son's quirks are similar and it was time to get him assessed. I heard mumblings of "if he has ASD than this other one...??" Given a choice... I'd rather take my laid back, happy, "severe" child on outings and leave my anxious, high maintenance "mild" child at home... Easy... no... S. I find one of the problems with those that have children on the upper end of the scale (severe, non-verbal dx - like my youngest), envy those that have children on the communicative end of the scale (my eldest). And think those with “mild”, “Aspergers”, “NVLD” have it easy.

I HATE low and high functioning… looking at my youngest… there’s nothing “low” or “slow” about him. He’s SMART!!!! He may not learn as quick or without help, but he’s learning, speaking, typing - and mastering - the 3 R’s - Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmatic. So what if he’s not fully toilet trained nor holds a conversation. Then I get “well his dx must be wrong”… makes me grind my teeth to keep from telling them that they have children and maybe they should learn to live with, accept and ENJOY them before they grow up.

My eldest has Non-verbal learning disorder with a s/l delay. Which makes his Dx - “a mild form of ASD” since NVLD does not have a s/l delay component. The s/l delay is now totally within the “normal” range for his age… it’s still there… language can give him problems but the school knows this so it’s a non-issue.

Had he not had the s/l delay he would have been missed. B/c of his dx a child last year - 2yrs older than he - was dx’d with Asperger’s b/c the child’s quirks and my son’s quirks are similar and it was time to get him assessed. I heard mumblings of “if he has ASD than this other one…??”

Given a choice… I’d rather take my laid back, happy, “severe” child on outings and leave my anxious, high maintenance “mild” child at home…

Easy… no…

S.

]]> By: Casdok http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-408 Casdok Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:43:51 +0000 http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-408 That is my hope to. That is my hope to.

]]> By: Marita http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-407 Marita Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:19:37 +0000 http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-407 I think it was only because Heidi was A) a girl and B) the youngest of 14 cousins that we realised so early that she has aspergers. Being female she is apparently supposed to develop communication and social skills a bit earlier than a boy and she just wasn't. Plus she was different enough from her cousins that we started to ask questions and push. I'm still kicking myself for listing to our EX paediatrician who said she did show typical autistic traits but not to worry until she was 4 years old (this at her 18 month checkup). It wasn't until she was 2 and a half that I started pushing harder for answers and getting second and third opinions. I think it was only because Heidi was A) a girl and B) the youngest of 14 cousins that we realised so early that she has aspergers. Being female she is apparently supposed to develop communication and social skills a bit earlier than a boy and she just wasn’t. Plus she was different enough from her cousins that we started to ask questions and push.

I’m still kicking myself for listing to our EX paediatrician who said she did show typical autistic traits but not to worry until she was 4 years old (this at her 18 month checkup). It wasn’t until she was 2 and a half that I started pushing harder for answers and getting second and third opinions.

]]> By: Allyson http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-406 Allyson Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:15:25 +0000 http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-406 For our youngest the diagnosis was easy and we were told by a children's consultant that she was autistic when she was just 9 months old and the official diagnosis came when she was 21 months old by a Professor who specialised in autism.Beauty has very obvious signs of autism but her sisters who are high functioning never received a proper diagnosis as even 22 and 14 years ago the condition was not so well understood.My local doctor told me that SnoWhite at the age of 2 could not be autistic because she could pretend play pouring from a teapot! Today as an older parent and having so much more personal experience of autism and having studied autism at university I am ashamed to say I would probably give a doctor who told me something like that a good slap.Sorry! I agree with you that children who are high functioning autism or Aspergers definitely have it a harder time of it than than those whose behaviours are more obvious and getting help for them is even more difficult. For our youngest the diagnosis was easy and we were told by a children’s consultant that she was autistic when she was just 9 months old and the official diagnosis came when she was 21 months old by a Professor who specialised in autism.Beauty has very obvious signs of autism but her sisters who are high functioning never received a proper diagnosis as even 22 and 14 years ago the condition was not so well understood.My local doctor told me that SnoWhite at the age of 2 could not be autistic because she could pretend play pouring from a teapot!
Today as an older parent and having so much more personal experience of autism and having studied autism at university I am ashamed to say I would probably give a doctor who told me something like that a good slap.Sorry!
I agree with you that children who are high functioning autism or Aspergers definitely have it a harder time of it than than those whose behaviours are more obvious and getting help for them is even more difficult.

]]> By: Jen P http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-405 Jen P Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:35:44 +0000 http://managingautism.com/asperger-syndrome/aspergers-syndrome-could-it-be-overlooked#comment-405 This could've been a post on my blog - to a tee. What a great picture! This could’ve been a post on my blog - to a tee. What a great picture!

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