Are your Parents Aspergery?

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I don't know of too many in my family who don't have AS traits, part of the reason why no one really noticed anything was odd about me until it was pointed out by teachers. My mother, although she does socialize somewhat, has the same problems with processing information, saying information becomes distorted whenever she tries to learn a new process at work. She also has one obsession after another, hates having visitors and detests the telephone, refusing to even answer it unless it's family or a close friend.

My grandmother, with the help of a family friend, entered first grade......at four years old. She not only was later asked to skip a grade but didn't make any grade below an "A" until 7th grade. She's the sweetest person in the world but isn't the stereotypical motherly type who dishes out affection, even to close family members, and tends to be more cerebral than emotional.

In fact, most people in my family simply aren't affectionate toward each other and feel uncomfortable if they have to hug or kiss anyone. She also hates going out anywhere (except church) and excess noise, a change in routine such as holidays and crowds tire her out to the point it takes days for her to recover. I may be wrong but I think she has hording tendences due to all the things she collects; figurines (hundreds of them), coins, clothes(can't even fit them in the closet) and junk she can't bring herself to throw out although she's just about crowded out of her bedroom because of it.

they have symptoms.
my grandfather had asperger, thats for sure.
My great grandmother also, + OCD.
My other grandfather has ADHD.

OCDers can be hoarders. However, many OCDlike symptoms can occur in Aspergers-- or even the full blown OCD disorder is fairly common.

But I would say hoarding is more associated with OCD. And OCD is thus somewhat associated with Aspergers. (Multiple step process of association )

My dad seems very aspie. He has never sought a diagnosis as he feels there is little point.

I wish my parents had some AS traits. My mom is the most social person I've ever met. She knows someone wherever she goes. It's scary to think I'm even related to her. I don't know my dad very well, but he had plenty of friends and is completely normal as far as I know. To put it plainly, MY PARENTS ARE COMPLETELY NORMAL!! ! How they created me the way I am makes absolutely no sense at all. I just get so confused trying to figure out how I have all these mental issues while my parents have nothing but ADD/ADHD. Ahh!! !

My mom has some Aspie traits, but if I were to diagnose her, I'd mostly lean toward Borderline Personality Disorder. I have some traits of that myself, but nothing like her- however the suggestion of my having it is why I'm so aware of the traits.

Why not?

NT kids make me nervous. I feel like they're staring at me and it's a flashback to my gradeschool days...

My father has Aspergers. He isn't diagnosed, but its all there. He's obsessed with history, and can tell you anything you want to know. He is socially inept, and is very much a loner.

The thing that makes me angry is that my mother treats him like a silly little child, the same way she treated me. She has convinced him that he "needs" Paxil and has told me that if he was not on it, they would not still be together (he's only been on it a few years). He has never lifted a finger toward her, or treated her badly. Ever. Meanwhile, while she no longer feels inconvenienced by his quirks, he's getting fatter and fatter. He's eating so much junk that he's going to end up with diabetes. And mom pays no mind. In fact, she tells me to mind my own business.

Neither of my parents have AS. My mum seems to have a bit an obsessive-compulsive personality, but she is very, very NT. My father doesn't have an official diagnosis, but is definitely ADD (inattentive). I guess if you mix the obsessive-compulsive with the inattentive ADD, you get AS.

My mother can't follow a humorous or metaphorical conversation at all, but is otherwise normal.

My father is a weirdo, but nothing he does really stands out as belonging to one disorder. Perhaps excluding the way, in his childhood, he would hide from his friends and wait for them to leave when they'd come over looking to play. I can relate to that.