Contact the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. Doctors are required to keep all records of patients for 50 years. In the meantime find a family physicians or clinic where you live if you do not have one already. The records will have to be sent to some doctor likely. The scars could be caused by many different procedures. A sperm count is a fairly simple test and might be able to be requested from such a doctor.
If this man is a Canadian citizen and working "under the table" he might be exploited by his employers as well. If he is illegally in Canada, it is a whole different situation.
You sound supportive to me...are you both aspie/autie? My partner and I are both aspies.
Actually, with a decent microscope, you shoudl be able to see the sperm count yourselves...this would spare going to the doctor and payign money for a test.
My son was born with inguinal hernias that needed to be repaired, and this left two scars right next to his genitals, so it could be that if his sperm count is normal.
I wonder if it would be possible to get restitution if he was sterilized against his will and without his knowledge...from what I understand there are hermaphrodites who've actually had their genitals chopped off and been reconstructed into the opposite sex (and then stigmatized as 'gay' when in fact they had the same sexual preference as they would have had their parts been left alone!!!) and apparently these people can't always get restitution....though I think they should.
I hope that some here can help you out. I guess you feel you must respect the feelings of your partner and his privacy. I do not think it is unreasonable to ask his parents for medical history information as long as you have his permission.
Sterilization for men with AS is useless. Most of us will end up not having any children anyway.
You say your partner has scars "near his genitals". If he had undergone a vasectomy, there would be two tiny scars
on his scrotum because the vas deferens are located there.
http://www.reutershealth.com/wellconnected/doc37.html
Excerpt detailing surgical vasectomy procedure:
HOW IS VASECTOMY PERFORMED?
Standard Vasectomy
Vasectomy is a minor operation that takes about 30 minutes and is usually performed in a doctor's office or a family planning clinic. If the operation is performed under local anesthesia, the cost ranges from about $150 to $1,200. Most insurance policies will cover vasectomies performed as a minor outpatient procedure but will not cover vasectomies performed as major surgery in an operating room.
The Procedure
* Before the operation, the patient's scrotum is shaved and cleaned, and a local anesthetic is injected into it.
* The surgeon makes a tiny incision on one side of the scrotum and locates one vas deferens. The vas deferens is isolated, drawn through the incision, and clamped at two sites close to each other.
* The segment between the clamps (which should be more than 15 mm) is then removed.
* The surgeon then seals off (ligates) the tube with either surgical clips, sutures, cauterization using an electric needle, or some combination. Clips are an important aid in this process in order to prevent destruction of tissue, which then deteriorates and sloughs off the ends. One study indicated that a combination of cauterization and surgical clips may cause more postoperative complications than the use of clips alone, but it also may have a lower failure rate.
* The surgeon may chose to close off either one (called an open-ended procedure) or two ends (closed-ended) of the vas. In the open-ended procedure, the vas section connected to the testis is left open and the one leading to the prostate is sealed; in the closed-end both are sealed. Many surgeons now prefer the open-ended version because it is proving to have lower complication and failure rates than the closed-ended, and it results in fewer cases of chronic pain.
* After closing off the tube, the vas deferens is gently placed back into the scrotum.
* The procedure is then repeated on the other side.
* After a short rest, usually about half an hour, the patient can leave the doctor's office or clinic. Arrangements should be made ahead of time for someone else to drive the patient home.
Sterilization for men with AS is useless. Most of us will end up not having any children anyway.
My dad was an Aspie. And here I am! :grin:
Yes, that is what my friend says, that the operation was not the usual type of vastectomy but that he believes it was done to prevent the possibility of his being able to breed. So we will check it out, for sure.