Do Your Parents Fit The Assortative Mating Theory of AS?

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My dad was AS (not dxed) my mom was NT (or maybe mild ADD). My grandmother on my dad's side might have been on the spectrum somewhere. I don't remember my granddad well enough...

--des

Mum has had many jobs: cashier, cleaner, she's now an assistant nurse. Has a reasonable social life.
Dad was a roadworks labourer with no qualifications whatsoever, but a vast network of social and business contacts meant he could be fired from one job and have a new one the next day.

Nope, they don't fit the AS parent theory.

My mom's as NT as it gets. That's why we get along so poorly.

If my dad isn't AS, I'll eat my own hand... but he won't go in for a diagnosis. I don't blame him. As an adult, getting one would be difficult. Mine was (but I chalk that up to being a woman).

It was difficult for me, being an older woman as well. Since I cover up so well, the first psychiatrist said that I didn't have it. The second one said maybe. Finally, a psychologist, after observing me over a period of a month, said "Definitely."