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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
| TheGoodListener |
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Posted: 11 Feb 2015, 12:32 am
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| I wish we had the ability to just hit a "like" on some of the posts here. I like the last two posts from both of you. We have taken a bit of a rabbit trail on my daughters issues and I really appreciate your attention and feedback on that. Over the course of our conversation, a few things ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2015, 9:17 pm
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| All of my daughter's life, I've been telling people, "something is wrong with my baby." She's 24 now. And I'd get typical advice, suggestions, and feedback, but it was if no one ever really understood what I was trying to describe. If she is on the spectrum, she barely is or she's develope... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2015, 5:26 pm
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| Do you know how very few people care to talk about this kind of stuff? And give me the time and patience to indulge in these descriptions? Most people (especially over the internet) are very mean!! ! And they try to insight judgment and fighting. I just want you all to know that I appreciate your ch... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2015, 5:18 pm
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| That is also a good point. Maybe, he was mad not because of sensory issues but because the OP as a baby was unhappy, and he and the Op's mom had differences in opinion on how permissive to be. I am the type to not really think you can spoil an infant; but I know that many people feel that you can, ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2015, 4:50 pm
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| I don't see these as two extremes, I see them as consistent. The baby is crying, therefore he wants to help the baby however he can. When he sees other adults not responding similarly, it makes him angry at them. I think the crying distresses him not because it is an annoying noise, but because he ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
| TheGoodListener |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2015, 10:26 am
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| Yippy Skippy, You described my father in a nut shell. He is two extremes and no middle. At either extreme, getting angry at everyone in the room if the baby is crying (because it seemed to hurt him) or being a slave to the cry shoving anything and everything at the baby to make it stop crying (becau... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
| TheGoodListener |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2015, 12:59 am
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| Still struggling with figuring out this "quote" thing in forums. I think I discovered tonight that if you take out the [parenthesis] it makes the little box disappear. Anyways, THANK YOU for being patient with me and all of my weird questions and long (indulgent, almost journaling) posts. ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
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Posted: 10 Feb 2015, 12:42 am
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| ASD MOMMY WROTE: "Aspies are typically reasonable people when they can be, and when not immediately under a deluge of sensory stimuli, I would have thought your mom might have interceded and came up with an alternate plan, like your dad excusing himself when the noise got too much. When sensory... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
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Posted: 09 Feb 2015, 9:16 pm
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| Thank you to all of you for the attention, consideration, and replies. I really do appreciate it and I'm taking it to heart. It's OK to stay away from the toxic... Aspergers is not enough of an issue to absolve him of the choice to love... He may have had a legit mean streak also... He was never tau... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2015, 10:30 pm
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| Now, he spends a good 16 hours a day cocooned on the couch with blankets over his head, in the dark, shut down, and suffering from migraines It sounds like your father is suffering from autistic burnout, which sometimes happens to adults. Basically, the tremendous effort of holding down a job and t... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2015, 4:24 pm
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| Thinking about all of this and re-reading what I've written, I think my dad has a type of DNA. Ya know how a strand of DNA twirls around and has different elements weaved in. I think (these days) he's a mix of Aspergers, PTSD, diabolical abuse, mental abuse, emotionally disturbed, developmental dela... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2015, 4:05 pm
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| ASD Mommy and Willaful, I have responses for you and I am not sure if I'm clicking on the right buttons so, I'll put it into a couple of paragraphs here on this post.... still figuring out how to work this forum thingy. ASD Mommy: You are right about a lot of things. I think he wasn't able to read m... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2015, 11:02 am
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| OK, I can do this quickly right now with a copy and paste. This is a comment that I posted on another discussion board. And I haven't gotten any insight as to what the heck was going on with this "tickle monster" issue. It totally confuses me. I'll copy and paste here (I know kind of awkwa... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
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Posted: 08 Feb 2015, 10:57 am
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| Thank you League Girl and ASD Mommy for the replies. I want to respond but I don't have much time right now. I have more comments and questions. Please, check in later in the day so that we can continue to talk. It will be a few hours from now, but I don't want to ignore or drop the ball on this. Yo... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Raised by Aspergers parent |
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Posted: 07 Feb 2015, 10:56 pm
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Replies: 625
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| Asperger's is so confusing to me because the symptoms can be so varied, yet there is a commonality. Most people who meet my dad just think he's weird, awkward, nerdy, or the rudest, biggest, jerk they ever met. Others, just feel disturbed around him and a little scared of him. I grew up in this and ... |
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