lil background on me.
I was first tested when I was three. we get the feeling my mom either knew about it or and or refused to believe the dianoses. she as far as we know it. never told my dad what it was. all he could tell me is that the results supposedly went to Cali. that was about 1964/1965.
forward to shortly after my daughter was born in 2004. right away I could tell that she was missing the milestones infants are expected to pass.
she was tested and found to be a high functioning autism person.
and a few chats with a person in the medical field. and my mom being giving a posthumous diagnosis of being found to be with aspergers. and with my daughter. and me letting on about the previous testing. I was offered a chance to get closure for my own self.
well, after several sessions of soul searching thru the Q & A designed to see where I scored. it came out as eight out of eight for being a aspie.
getting back to why we figured my mom did what she did. she would from when I was 4th grade to 7th grade would hide in the garbage the eye tests the school did.
8th grade year I made sure I gave it to my dad. and finally got much needed glasses. she got a nice lil lecture from the eye doctor for doing that to me.
now, only problem i have. is that my brother wants me to stick the whole mess into the closet. since he thinks it is not at all part and parcel of who I am and what I do, say and think. he does not realize that it is a major part of who I am. as well as I am able to understand my daughter alot better than my parents and brother ever have understood me at all.
01 May 2011, 6:27 pm
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