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 Topic: Parent of a child who may have Aspergers, advice please |
Marcia
Replies: 19
Views: 459
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 6:29 pm Subject: Parent of a child who may have Aspergers, advice please |
| I am now even more sceptical about the therapist and her motives. To raise something like this, without warning, any real information and at the end of what was meant to be the last session seems to ... |
| Topic: Parent of a child who may have Aspergers, advice please |
Marcia
Replies: 19
Views: 459
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 1:08 pm Subject: Parent of a child who may have Aspergers, advice please |
I'm inclined to think that the therapist is saying this so that you will continue paying her for lessons.
My reasons for thinking this are:
She seems not to want you to have your son formally as ... |
| Topic: Waiting too long for assessment |
Marcia
Replies: 7
Views: 345
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 6:00 pm Subject: Waiting too long for assessment |
Well, I emailed them - now I have to wait and see what happens.
I'd think that if the waiting time increases they would let me know, though.
Marcia - 15 months is a very long time. How old is yo ... |
| Topic: Waiting too long for assessment |
Marcia
Replies: 7
Views: 345
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 6:28 pm Subject: Waiting too long for assessment |
| I'd recommend that you contact them - refer to the letter and ask if they can tell you when you are likely to be seen. If you are able to attend appointments at short notice, tell them as that way yo ... |
| Topic: Anyone here ever consider adopting a child? |
Marcia
Replies: 3
Views: 195
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 2:27 pm Subject: Anyone here ever consider adopting a child? |
How do you get people to let you wear their shoes?
Edited to add: I have never wanted to adopt, but I have cousins who are adopted and I have friends who've adopted. |
| Topic: Majorca in August |
Marcia
Replies: 15
Views: 402
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 6:26 pm Subject: Majorca in August |
| Use a high factor sun cream, and apply it regularly. Although you'll feel cooler near the sea, you can burn even more because of the sun's reflection off the water, and because you feel cooler you w ... |
| Topic: Other people's stuff and boundaries |
Marcia
Replies: 12
Views: 345
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 5:46 pm Subject: Other people's stuff and boundaries |
My son is 11 now, and the message still isn't getting through!
The other day we went out for lunch. As soon as we got out our car he went over to the car parked behind us, and started, I don't kno ... |
| Topic: Can a speech and language therapist make a formal diagnoses |
Marcia
Replies: 7
Views: 240
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 5:49 pm Subject: Can a speech and language therapist make a formal diagnoses |
| Depends where you live, it seems. It is SLTs who do the diagnosing, certainly of children, in my part of Scotland. |
| Topic: MMJMMOM |
Marcia
Replies: 8
Views: 249
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 4:36 pm Subject: MMJMMOM |
Oh, congratulations!  |
| Topic: Driving a car with a stick shift |
Marcia
Replies: 38
Views: 1218
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 6:44 pm Subject: Driving a car with a stick shift |
I have only ever driven manual cars. I don't think I would enjoy driving an automatic at all.
I drove an automatic once. Never again! It was a horrible experience, partly because I kept trying to ... |
| Topic: OliveOilMom's Bullying Thread: Universal Definitions needed |
Marcia
Replies: 26
Views: 723
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 8:45 am Subject: OliveOilMom's Bullying Thread: Universal Definitions needed |
Well when you get married, consent for sex is implied.
Not any more it isn't! What you are describing is marital rape. In the not-so-distant past, and still in some countries, a wife was consider ... |
| Topic: Stim? Or New Age ritual? |
Marcia
Replies: 4
Views: 243
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 6:33 pm Subject: Stim? Or New Age ritual? |
| I've never seen anyone doing this, or heard of it before, but I wonder if she was engaging in some form of mindfulness. Mindful eating seems to in vogue just now - taking time to anticipate your meal ... |
| Topic: Husband in state of shutdown.... |
Marcia
Replies: 1
Views: 285
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 2:16 pm Subject: Husband in state of shutdown.... |
| I've been following your posts, and I just wanted to know - who was it who came to the conclusion that your husband has Asperger's and on what basis? |
| Topic: Disclosed AS at interviews |
Marcia
Replies: 18
Views: 726
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 4:32 pm Subject: Disclosed AS at interviews |
According to your profile you don't have a diagnosis.
I always think honesty is the best policy at interviews, but I am a little confused as it seems you are disclosing a diagnosis you don't have. ... |
| Topic: to text or not to text |
Marcia
Replies: 25
Views: 789
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 6:02 am Subject: to text or not to text |
lol. yes. i'm an adult acting like a teenager... 
You're certainly coming across as very needy and demanding. I don't think this has anything to do with your boyfriend, and his being AS is irrel ... |
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