Ok in third grade I was diagnosed with aspergers syndrome. But now im 16 and completley normal! All my friends think im normal, but my mom and dad don't. Seriously I do everything like a normal teenager, im just depressed, but who can blame me? My parents are calling me autistic in my face! I know in my heart I should be considered neuro-typical, but my parents don't care and or believe me. I have no one to turn to. I've done all the research, all the convincing, but still they dont get it. And they wont tell me what I can do to convince them Im normal, they just blow me off. How can I convince my parents to call me normal? How can I break the communication barrier I seem to have with them?
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Can't you be a normal aspie?
It sounds like your parents are making you feel bad about being an aspie. There is nothing bad about being an aspie, it has a lot of positives.
If you are a soccer freak it is most likely because you have a special talent for being able to remember soccer facts, study it, and process that information well.
Your site cannot be found btw.
In a few years, depending on your situation, you'll move away from your parents and get to start over with new people who will relate to you as you are when you meet them.
Amy
But the thing is that i dont have asperger's. I dont match any of the symptoms except for sensory sensitivity, but that can be a whole seperate disorder. Even when I was little I didnt match that many of the symptoms, I just barley qualified. And it does make me feel bad when they call me aspergers because they say it as in my faults and that im not up to "Annemarie and Terri" standards. And I am, Im just as smart (although having a 504 plan has coddled me the entire way) And I have alot more friends. And im not saying being an aspie is bad, in fact I admire people who are, but me people call me one I just take it the wrong way. And I explain alot more stuff like that on my website. Yeah it does the not found thing alot try again though. And even if you have no idea who the people are on my poll answere it anyway. I dont know any satistics on soccer either, im just good at it (not meaning to brag but it's a fact of life) And im not really obsessed with Manny Legace, like I dont know any of his stats, i just think he's a cutie. (I wish I had a life size poster right now!)
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Energia
I know one day ill move away, but thats not the point. I dont want to move away knowing my parents are stupid and still dont believe me. I'll hand it over their heads for the rest of their life until they up their IQ points a little. Right now, my soul mission in life is to convince mom and dad that im normal, and If i leave home without accomplishing that then that would meant I failed .
ps. Anyone got any ideas how to persuade a parent?
Hang in there and try to get a good education and go to college. Hopefully your parents will support that. If you can move away to go to school do that. Then you do not have to move back in.
It might feel like a long time but soon you will be able to get a part-time job and more freedom. When you get older you can try to have your diagnosis reassessed so your medical records will not say you have AS if you feel that is necessary.
I'm sorry to say that
1. I understand your situation perfectly because I'm in a similar conundrum
2. I have no suggestions as to how to persuade parents
I am self-diagnosed with AS and no matter how I try, I cannot convince my parents that I'm not normal. It's the exact oposite of your situation.
I read your site, do you know that aspies do develop as they get older, a lot of the time? Autism is not like staying the same way your whole life, many kids/teens develop more skills.
Hey Amy! you didnt vote! arrrg! If you go on the website you have to vote, if you dont know who they are you guess or look them up on google. And check it often cause I have an updated journal entry every few days. I know you develope new skills but I had never really not had those skills in the first place. I was just too emotional battered and scared to make friends until about 6th grade. My parents aren't smart enough to get that concept. And it's sooo annoying how they think they know everything about me. they dont know what goes behind the scenes, they arn't me and know who i am. trust me i would be proud to be an aspie if I had asperger's. Just cause one idiot doctor who didnt look closley enough and or care enough made a diagnosis. if I could go back and explain everything to him I know it would have gone differently. How is a nine year old suposed to explain her own psychological outline?
luai lashire, make sure you absolutley positive to think you have asperger's before you persuade your parents that you have it. Because you can never get it back (normalcy). I get what you mean by that though. Im absolutley positive that I have some form of epilepsy, it's just one of those "duh" things, wich also moron of parents do not get even though I chart and document all my symptoms. I have the freaky kind that you have hallosinations and dejavous. Also I have myoclonic attaks, I throw my books down the hall at least once every 2 weeks, I broke 3 of theses people dishes by my arm going crazy.
You will need to be an adult to get your views respected then.
Is there anyone in your family who can support you? Like auntie or grandparent?
(I looked around your site and voted.)