Aspies For Freedom

You're right! I think I have Aspergers.But  you are wrong about the reason I self diagnosed.

1:I am no jack ***.I have no excuses.I want nothing in return.I don't 'act ' any certain way for any reason.

2:I get enough unwanted attention from people.Aspergers is not a fad to me.I have told only two people of me thinking I am Aspie.One had to agree the other laughed and thought it was my "strange sense of humor."

I self diagnosed mainly for my own peace of mind.I'm content with it.And you do not need to be angry at me for my choice.I am not hurting anyone by thinking I am Aspie.

Why are you here?

I'm sorry if I went off topic.But my question was simple.Are you just here to put down people because your experience led you to believe some people would try to'fake' being an aspie?

We can disagree.I have no problem with that.Your snide remark about the common cold was unbecoming of you.

I personally don't think a parent should force anything "optional" on children.  Sell, sure.  Be a little pushy at times - maybe.  But force, no.

You have me a little worried about if I should be trying to follow my son's OT's rec that he always be involved in some sort of sport.  So far, he has played soccer every season and he tells me that he really likes it (even though it is obvious to everyone, including him, that he is the weakest player on the team).  It hasn't been without stress however, because he likes the games but hates practice.  We have asked him to think up something else he would be willing to enroll in for in-between, and for when soccer gets too competitive for him (we thought that would be this year, but he wanted to give it a go, and so far it's been OK).  He has expressed some interest in gymnastics, because he is very flexible, and it's an individual sport, and I do think he might enjoy it non-competitively.

It does get tough as a parent to know when to push a little, because you truly believe the child will get something positive from the activity that he just can't see right now, and when to listen to your child, because he is trying to tell you something real and important.

My son tried snow skiing for the first time this winter, and had a great time.  It was his decision to try, and my husband was very patient, allowing our son to go up and down a little mini hill instead of going up on the chair lift (exhausting for my husband, lol, all that trecking!), but it is so very important to allow a child to experience this sort of thing at his own pace.  I was really proud of my son.  All physical sports are difficult for him, but he was so proud of himself for doing this, and actually managing to succeed!  I hope that he never limits on the things he wants to do, assuming he WANTS to do them.

Don't feed the troll.  Explanation for the trolling:

TheZach is interested in feeling superior to those undiagnosed because of his official diagnosis.

Do not support this behavior--this goes for everyone.

All of the ' self diagnosed ' people here who think that they have Asperger's could very easily have lied and said that they have a diagnosis, on an internet forum it would be difficult to disprove them.

We choose to be honest about ourselves, I have never seen anyone here who thought it was cool or sought attention because of it.

I have seen many who have found answers to questions that have puzzled them for years and I have also seen many people take comfort from the answers to questions that they have posed.

I have also seen many people who have received incorrect diagnoses for medical and psychological conditions from Doctors and Specialists, who as a consequence have received treatment which has made them worse, doctors aren't infallible any more than anyone else.


But having said this I fully accept that nothing is going to change your mind.

This whole 'who can dx' thing is really dumb.  BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE AN *OFFICIAL* DX AND ARE FEELING PRETTY PROUD AND EXCLUSIVE

I (who is not qualified to dx) KNOW son has adhd.  the teachers (who are not qualified to dx) KNOW my son has it. the psych who is not qualified to dx it SUSPECTS my son has adhd b/c he asked parent & teachers (who KNOW) to answer questions.

The person *qualified to dx* it did not know my son, does not know much about adhd, looked at a letter (not my son) given her by the psych, and wrote the dx.  My son now has an *O.F.I.C.I.A.L.* diagnosis.  Boy are'nt we impressed (she said sarcastically)!

S.T.U.P.I.D.

No, but this kind of "self-DXers have no credibility" attitude is commonly considered trollish behavior, at least on AFF.  That's the perspective I'm coming from, here.