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 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Adult son has no motivation

RuthDiane
Posted: 16 Apr 2021, 1:53 pm 

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Well sounds like the best thing to do for now would be put the classes on hold. If he is doing his own chores and all that the classes probably aren't necessary and may be less stress for both of you if he is not taking classes. Once this covid stuff mellows out than he could still do the job coach...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Adult son has no motivation

RuthDiane
Posted: 16 Apr 2021, 1:50 pm 

Replies: 29
Views: 13,191
I have been married to an autistic man most of my life and we have a six year old with ADHD and some other stuff. Depression in autistic people can look like laziness or it can turn into an addiction with a special interest, such as playing too many video games. The good news is that the special in...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: How did I not find this forum earlier?

RuthDiane
Posted: 11 Apr 2021, 10:02 pm 

Replies: 13
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Is ODD effectively the junior version of PDA? I had never heard of PDA but it sounds like PDA can be misdiagnosed as ODD. My son was not diagnosed as autistic, only with "social communication disorder." It looks like maybe PDA is strictly an autism co-diagnosis? "ODD is described as ...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: How did I not find this forum earlier?

RuthDiane
Posted: 11 Apr 2021, 9:46 pm 

Replies: 13
Views: 537
aquafelix wrote:
Welcome,

Sounds like your son has fallen through the gaps like sp many other "high functioning" people


Pretty much. Despite me standing around yelling "look out for the gap" to anyone who would listen for the past 15 years.

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: How did I not find this forum earlier?

RuthDiane
Posted: 11 Apr 2021, 12:26 am 

Replies: 13
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HI. New here. Sometimes I feel like I've been parenting my son in a void for the past 20 years. I live in a somewhat remote-ish area (but in a city), and I've never had much luck getting services for my son. He's very bright, but ADHD and clearly on the spectrum although "technically" he d...
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