09-03-2007, 11:36 PM
hmmmm .... move the family to Oregon .... maybe ....
09-04-2007, 12:50 AM
Thank you for posting this. I'll do my part on sending this story out.
09-04-2007, 02:26 AM
yea! Good story! That makes me so happy.
09-04-2007, 11:04 PM
Batman, Lucie brings up a good point... we weren't in school when they allowed us to have school work with AS. A friend of mine is only in HS and has AS, because of her IEP she doesn't have to take timed tests and has an aid to walk her through things that she's having trouble with...
Maybe it would have been better for those of us that aren't so great at school if we had been properly diagnosed early and had support in place?
Maybe it would have been better for those of us that aren't so great at school if we had been properly diagnosed early and had support in place?
09-05-2007, 10:51 AM
Batman55 Wrote:
Well, about not subscribing to the stereotypes... are there also some extremely social autistic people? That's something that would stray pretty far from the norm... extroverted AS/autistics, that is.
That would be my second child. He loves to meet people and hates to be alone, though we are challenged to find children who enjoy his autie way of being with people. One of the reasons I brought him home was that by the end of 1st grade he was starting to become withdrawn and subdued. I felt that something wonderful about him was being destroyed. Took him a year to recover and I still see shades of it sometimes. I am charged with being over-protective by some, my parents included. Oh, well, I'd rather let the hounds at them after they are secure in who they are.
09-05-2007, 11:54 AM
Extroversion/Introversion may be completely seperate from AS. Imagine the pain of being a natural extrovert and AS at the same time.
09-06-2007, 10:07 PM
Batman55 Wrote:
Well, about not subscribing to the stereotypes... are there also some extremely social autistic people? That's something that would stray pretty far from the norm... extroverted AS/autistics, that is.
If by extremely social you mean a high social drive, so to speak, then of course that's a possibility. Just like people can have high sex drives without being great lovers, so can people have high "social drives" without being great social people. But if by extroverted you mean good with people, that would certainly preclude a diagnosis of AS/autism, since at the core of the criteria lies deficits in social interaction.
09-07-2007, 07:56 AM
Well said Simen.
09-07-2007, 10:55 AM
Simen Wrote:
But if by extroverted you mean good with people, that would certainly preclude a diagnosis of AS/autism, since at the core of the criteria lies deficits in social interaction.
Extrovert simply means that you enjoy interacting with other people, that you are energized by being around others.
09-07-2007, 10:52 PM
Hi Kim & welcome,
you will enjoy yourself here this is a great group.
you will enjoy yourself here this is a great group.
09-08-2007, 01:30 AM
Wow, OregonMom!
I think you represent the turning tide of what can be, I'm really proud of your son and you!
I still can't get over this article... I think you and your son have a lot to teach the world.
I think you represent the turning tide of what can be, I'm really proud of your son and you!
I still can't get over this article... I think you and your son have a lot to teach the world.
09-08-2007, 06:02 AM
I take everything personally, but I'm not NT. Hmm, I am confused now...
09-08-2007, 06:04 AM
grizeldatee Wrote:
Extrovert simply means that you enjoy interacting with other people, that you are energized by being around others.
I enjoy interacting with some people, and I am energized by being around certain people, but definitely not everyone.
I like to keep to myself as much as or more than interacting with people, actually. I maintain I'm in the middle between introvert and extrovert, still.
09-08-2007, 11:23 AM
OregonMom Wrote:
Batman, My son takes things personally, too. Not everything, but some things. Things that I wouldn't think, as an NT, need to be taken personally. And then, he isn't bothered at all in the face of some social interactions that would leave me drowning in tears. I really don't know how he'll interpret things most of the time. Even during the interview, I was in awe of how he looked at the reporter and answered her questions. Usually when he meets new people he says very little and looks downward. As he gets older, I hope he'll be able to answer more of my questions about how his mind works. For now, he really just wants to have fun with his last year in high school and not have me analyzing him very much! LOL!
One of the gifts that he carries within is that he doesn't hold grudges. He can take something personally, get extremely upset about it, and then after he calms down he is able to forget about it. And he's truly baffled at those who are still angry about a situation that happened the day before. "What happens in the past stays in the past" would be a good motto for him :-)
One of the gifts that he carries within is that he doesn't hold grudges. He can take something personally, get extremely upset about it, and then after he calms down he is able to forget about it. And he's truly baffled at those who are still angry about a situation that happened the day before. "What happens in the past stays in the past" would be a good motto for him :-)
Sounds like a younger me, except for the grudges thing -- I still can't manage that, and why would I want to? As for being able to explain how his mind works --- could you answer questions about how your mind works? It simply does, right? How about explaining how a person goes about walking? Merely stating that one stands up an puts one foot in front of the other is inadequate. Adding that one must balance as well is not so very helpful either. We just do it. And our brains just work.
09-08-2007, 11:25 AM
grizeldatee Wrote:
Sounds like a younger me, except for the grudges thing -- I still can't manage that, and why would I want to?
Argh -- meaning that I no longer look at the floor and don't talk when meeting people, but I still don't hold any grudges, which is not the same as forgetting about a hurt entirely.