HI everybody, I'm new here!!!

Aspie-Mom · Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 1:00 pm Post subject:

Hello, I've been kinda lurking for a little while now. Thought I should join and introduce myself. I am a 30 year old female. I am a single mother of two little boys, ages 7 and 3. My 7 year old has Asperger's. We went through the typical path with figuring out what was "wrong" with him. I still want to kick on pediatrician. When he was a year old, she asked if he was affectionate. I said yes, and asked why she wanted to know. She said "well, if he wasn't affectionate I would think he probably was autistic, but since he's affectinate with you, that can't be it" Anyway, after years of incorrect diagnosies and all, a little over a year ago, we finally got the right now. I had read an article on Asperger's, and some sixth sense kicked in. I did just a little research, and called his psychiatrist. He thought it was worth exploring, and sent me to a neuro-developmental pediatrician. After several hours with her team talking with both my son and I, turns out my "Mommy sense" was right.

So, I did what any mother (at least any mother like me) would do, and started researching the heck out of it. I soon came to the conclusion that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. See I spent my entire childhood going from one mental health professional to another, trying ot figure out what was "wrong" with me. They never did figure it out. So, I figured out that I'm an Aspie too. I see no reason to go through the time and expense at this point to be officially diagnosed.

Well, again the apple doesn't fall far. I'm a single Mom, my ex is totally out of the picture, with the exception of that monthly allotment. THe boys and I live with my parents. My Dad has always been a bit odd. It seems he's an Aspie too. Which he didn't entirely beleive until recently. I got him to read "Pretending to be Normal". As soon as he read that, he asked for the rest of my Aspie books. He's a bit stunned, but he'll come around.

So, we have 5 people living in this house, and 3 of them are Aspies. The cool thing is that around here, we're the majority Smile

I do feel a bit bad sometimes for my poor mother though.

Anyway, that's my intro. I hope I've found myself a nice cyber home.

Donna