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 Forum: Work and finding a Job   Topic: Emigration

mariposita
Posted: 21 Nov 2010, 8:44 pm 

Replies: 8
Views: 1,433
Hi RobinGoodfellow-- I'm not AS (my situation is just the opposite--a lone neurotypical in a family of AS people), but I can really empathize with your situation. I live in Spain (I'm originally from the US) and the prospects for university graduates are just as desperate, with a colossal brain drai...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Asperger's parents and NT children

mariposita
Posted: 02 Oct 2010, 7:50 pm 

Replies: 39
Views: 9,362
Hi-- I'm new here, and this forum seems to be mainly geared toward NT parents raising young kids on the spectrum... My experience is the opposite. My mom (now 75) has Aspergers--undiagnosed--she would never in a million years reach out for help--she doesn't believe in psychiatry, self-help or really...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: The Doc's "think" its Asperger's?!

mariposita
Posted: 21 Sep 2010, 7:58 pm 

Replies: 6
Views: 1,171
But, most of us, when we really sit down and think about it, knowing that 26 genes are involved, can pull out all the quirkiness in our families and see the genetics at work. Uncle Bob had trait A, Aunt Sally had trait B, grandpa had trait C, and now baby Johnny has ABC and enough to be diagnosed a...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: I think my whole family has Asperger's...

mariposita
Posted: 20 Sep 2010, 7:51 pm 

Replies: 28
Views: 10,584
While my dad was in the hospital, I was trying to impress upon one of my brothers the gravity of the situation and he just chuckled nervously about it. I could tell he was upset on some level, but he had no appropriate way of expressing it (he's a big pothead, so that didn't help, either). > I thoug...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: I think my whole family has Asperger's...

mariposita
Posted: 16 Sep 2010, 7:17 pm 

Replies: 28
Views: 10,584
Thanks for the welcomes--I appreciate it. I'd love to read more about the genetic component of Asperger's. From my anecdotal experience, it must be strong, at least in my family. Apart from my parents and brothers, there are several other people on both sides of my family in different generations th...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: I think my whole family has Asperger's...

mariposita
Posted: 16 Sep 2010, 8:55 am 

Replies: 28
Views: 10,584
First off, I've really enjoyed reading so many of the discussions here. I'll try to keep this relatively short, but I am a woman pushing forty who grew up in a family of very non-neurotypical people. I always knew that my family was different from others for a multitude of reasons. After decades of ...
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