Depression, definitely. The others still leave one with basic functionality.

depression is life controlling

Sound sensitivity, and the panicked feeling I get when something loud happens, especially when someone "pushes" his or her voice.

Dyspraxia - getting worse, harder to turn pages and use tools.

Lack of proprioceptive skills (don't know if that's Aspie or not).

But life is still very much worth waking up for.

Kevout2, the problem I have is parents of kids on the Autism Spectrum expect people to somehow magically tell their screaming child has a form of Autism, when to everyone else they look just like another screaming brat. This is more of a problem due to the parents notion, that an Autistic child having a meltdown drastically looks different than a NT child throwing a tantrum.

In both cases I feel the parent is responsible to remove their child from the public area if possible, and to quiet them down. What really irritates me is parents who think if they shout, "My child has Autism!" that should shame the person being bothered by their child's meltdown. It's not the responsibility of a stranger to know your child has a form of Autism.

Also, parents who fight for the sensory issues of kids on the Autism Spectrum. Yes, everyone should understand when their child has a meltdown, but is there any help when it comes to adults on the Autism Spectrum with sensory issues.

I wonder what would happen if a parent had to confront the reality that the person they're shreiking, "They have Autism!" too, is yelling at someone who is also on the spectrum. I also think parents of Autistic kids with sound sensitivity issues, have to realize by supporting NT moms who want a free pass to let their kids cry wherever, they will be making the lives of their children harder when they grow up.

Then they'll have to realize, they contributed to a society where, "Please don't sit me by children" in a restaurant goes ignored, and the well behaved childfree customer is treated like they are burdensome, when it's the parents thinking every place should be like McDonald's. Where their adult child gets told they must hate children, or should stay home because they have a sound intolerance to children screaming or crying.

All of this contributed to, by the parents with Autistic children who believed that a sign asking parents to behave their children in a restaurant, was discriminating against children on the Autism Spectrum. I still don't get how "Please behave your kids" can get twisted around into saying they hate children on the Autism Spectrum. Maybe if all parents were required to behave their children in restaurants, there wouldn't be need for a sign telling them to do so.

This post was last modified: 04-20-2011 11:52 PM by violet_yoshi.

Kevout, can you explain more?

VioletYoshi, I agree with you in the sense that Aspies should nto be seen as less competent. However, as you probably agree knowing you, aversives/sensroy deprtivation is never a good discipline tactic... explanations or removing the child to a place where he can scream is best.


And another thing... where does a person go if he wants to scream? There are no places without people who might call the cops willing to arrest you for screaming. There should be places for that.

It seems that rule doesn't apply to stressed out moms, who these days will yell out of nowhere. If another person did that, they'd be considered a public disturbance. If it's a mom, everyone should understand.

It's the parents' responsibility to see their child is not a public disturbance. Them fighting for their right to let their brats scream and squall. I have more of a right, to be treated well as customer, than a parent who burdens everyone in the restaurant with their crying kid. I try to behave myself, I cannot help reacting when a child screams. If parents cared as mch about their kids as they claim to, they would find a way to keep them quiet and happy when they're out. Not demand the rules change, like they're throwing a tantrum.

Hm... I had to say Depression and Bipolar. :S Not that their the worst, but it sure doesn't help me.

I also have other issues, but since this is the internet where everyone uses your weaknesses against you... I refuse to post them here.

I did not vote in the poll though. :S

I picked "other", because the worse co-morbid for me I feel has been sensitivity to medications (see my post in Bad Reactions to Anti-depressants thread). I don't know if us aspies are bio-chemically different somehow, but I've noticed this as I have got older. I have also learnt that I have a massive intolerance for Estrogen-based contraceptives (I now take a progesteron-based pill, it seems to agree with me much better ), whilst my RL female aspie friend can only use condoms as she is intolerant to all forms of hormonal contraceptives...is this all coincidence or are aspies naturally more sensitive to these sorts of things?

i voted other for bipolar