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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: fear of being misdiagnosed

Luna
Posted: 17 Apr 2007, 3:35 pm 

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Hello, nouvellevogue: For me, this happens in both short periods (as when doing something for a few hours, able to retreat when I need to, I can join in with things that at other times I hate, and behave with perhaps no aspie traits, though people still sometimes class me as weird); and in long peri...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: How do you interact with people with Down's Syndrome?

Luna
Posted: 31 Mar 2007, 12:45 pm 

Replies: 103
Views: 13,985
TruenoBlues, I'm not talking about treating people better or worse, I'm talking about treating them appropriately. Most people do talk to them as if they're children, but I think I'm too shy to do that. I'm not very good at talking to children as if they're children either. Practical reason for this...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: How do you interact with people with Down's Syndrome?

Luna
Posted: 31 Mar 2007, 12:02 pm 

Replies: 103
Views: 13,985
I just found a kind-of interesting article, too: Comorbidity of Down Syndrome and Autism. Does anyone know anything more about this?

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: How do you interact with people with Down's Syndrome?

Luna
Posted: 31 Mar 2007, 11:49 am 

Replies: 103
Views: 13,985
There are lots of people in my physical area with DS. Some of them act like anti-aspies (imagine a spectrum going on way past neurotypicality, at least in the social sense), e.g. wanting to stand really close, shake hands for ages, talk, hug. If I don't know them it can be really uncomfortable, and ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Testing the person who makes a diagnosis

Luna
Posted: 04 May 2006, 6:40 pm 

Replies: 2
Views: 832
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But - I would say perhaps at least getting referrals from other parents, schools, and pediatricians or neurologists.

But if none of that's possible, how do you figure it out from the psychiatrist himself?
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Asking for credentials in advance - where did they go to school

Okay, that's one thing. :)

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Testing the person who makes a diagnosis

Luna
Posted: 04 May 2006, 3:38 pm 

Replies: 2
Views: 832
Reading about misdiagnoses, etc., what do you think you/your parents/whoever was in control should have asked the diagnostic psychologists/psychiatrists to make sure they were capable of making a diagnosis before letting them talk to you?

 Forum: School and College Life   Topic: College support...?

Luna
Posted: 04 May 2006, 2:54 pm 

Replies: 7
Views: 1,956
What's an LSA?

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Diagnosis or not - does anyone else feel hurt/rejected?

Luna
Posted: 03 May 2006, 12:59 pm 

Replies: 30
Views: 5,009
Amy Are you female? I'm always reading that females learn to cope and adapt (i.e. hide the fact they have AS) better than boys, so that by the time they reach overload or just general exhaustion point no-one will believe they really have a problem. If the clinicians have seen 20 people with AS in a...
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