AS and Siblings

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Any siblings with AS?

I have no siblings	8%	[ 2 ]
I have 1 AS sibling	21%	[ 5 ]
I have 1 NT sibling	33%	[ 8 ]
I have 2 siblings both NT	17%	[ 4 ]
I have 2 siblings both AS	4%	[ 1 ]
other - all my siblings are NT	13%	[ 3 ]
other - all my siblings have AS	4%	[ 1 ]

Total votes : 24

jc6chan
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23 Dec 2009, 1:25 pm

I have an NT brother. You?
oops i messed up the polls because there is no option for 2 siblings one NT one AS and I can't seem to edit it, oh well.

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23 Dec 2009, 2:02 pm

Adoptive older brother has ADD. Older biolgoical sister has AS. Younger biological half-brother has something, just don't know what it is. :-p

The poll probably would have functioned better if you only asked about AS, without being specific about NTs. ie:

No siblings with ASD
One sibling with ASD
Two siblings with ASD
Three or more siblings with ASD.

In case you decide to start over.

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23 Dec 2009, 2:05 pm

I had two older sisters (one now deceased) - neither diagnosed, but both probably on the spectrum.

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23 Dec 2009, 2:09 pm

Yeah, no option for me. I have one sibling with ASD.

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23 Dec 2009, 2:11 pm

RampionRampage wrote:

I would add "No siblings" as an option as well, just to cover all your bases... one can have siblings while none of them have an ASD, or one can have no siblings. It would be helpful to have that distinction to avoid having a weighted category. The other options would be to have a series of answers: 0 ASD, 0 NT; 1 ASD, 0 NT; 0 ASD, 1 NT; 1 ASD, 1 NT; 2 ASD, 1 NT; 1 ASD, 2 NT; 2 ASD, 2 NT; and so forth.

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23 Dec 2009, 2:14 pm

I have 4 siblings but none with an ASD. My 2 youngest siblings have ADHD though.

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23 Dec 2009, 4:05 pm

I have two younger brothers. The 21 year old has no traits as far as I know. But my 19 year old has a few traits and he has depression, color blindness, I think he has borderline ashma, and I think he has some learning difficulties because he started to struggle in school starting 6th grade.

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23 Dec 2009, 4:20 pm

I have 2 younger brothers and theyre NT (as far as we can tell). Im the oldest of 3 (and Im the Aspie).

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23 Dec 2009, 4:26 pm

I have one younger sister and she's strictly NT.

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23 Dec 2009, 4:50 pm

I have two younger brothers, the youngest has AS.

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23 Dec 2009, 5:08 pm

I have an older brother who is NT but he does have many traits of ADHD. Not enough for a diagnosis or anything.

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23 Dec 2009, 5:17 pm

I'm diagnosed AS, and I have one younger brother who is probably also AS but will probably never get a DX because he has to be practically dying before he will even see a regular medical doctor.

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23 Dec 2009, 5:57 pm

1 brother who also has AS

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23 Dec 2009, 11:28 pm

1 sibling a Sister with AS. Quite different from my AS though.

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23 Dec 2009, 11:35 pm

I have an NT sister.

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24 Dec 2009, 2:43 am

I have one NT sibling, and one half-sibling that I haven't seen (or heard the status of) since he was a baby, so I have no idea what he's like.

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