so i might have asd

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hi i'm liam. my cousin has autism and has posted here a long time as EzraS. when my parents started getting a divorce, my mom wanted me to talk it over with a shrink. so i was set up with my cousin ezra's shrink and ends up that he thinks i might have mild asd and wants to test me for it. so this comes as a bit of a surprise. i've read about asd because of ezra and there is stuff i felt like i could relate to, but wondered if it was just my imagination. so ikd i guess i'll have to wait and see what the tests say.

Hi Liam, welcome to WP. Any friend/relation of Ezra's is especially welcome here I'm interested to hear what it is that makes you/your therapist suspect you're on the spectrum.

hi Liam_

G'day mate!

Your cousin is epic.

I really enjoy your cousin too, and his description of how you add to his life. Hope you get a lot from being here!

Liam as you can see EzraS has a great reputation and is well respected around here.

Autism is a collection of symptoms that we can have to different degrees symptom by symptom.

What you need to remember is that we are all people and you are a person.

If you are having difficulties in life the people here can help you.

The fact the you are related to EzraS just goes to show Autism can run in families.

I have a 2nd cousin with Autism also.

You realise autism is a communication disorder for the most part your cousin can cut through all that when he writes his thoughts down.

In fact we are all just normal people who share similar difficulties to different degrees.

Is your autism causing you problems?

Ah...the famous Cousin!

Welcome, Sir!

I'm glad you're there for Ezra. He's a nice kid, and is fortunate to have you as a friend as well as a cousin.

Wow I didn't know you were going to join WP. There's no getting away from you is there?

This doesn't come as that big of a surprise to me. I think it has been a factor in you being able to understand me so well. Like takes one to know one.


Thanks for the kind words everyone.

We like you Ezra!!

I don't know that it takes one to know one. But it doesn't hurt!

I second what everyone else is saying.

he suspects it from questions he asked me about myself during several visits. he asked me a lot about how i felt about the divorce and how i feel about my dad (who's leaving us) and my mom and about the rest of my family. my relationship with ezra. how i do in school. how i get along with others. how i react to situations. i've thought for a while that stuff i've read about asd applied to me.

Welcome to WP Liam

Ezra is a great teacher for the forum. Unlike most of us he has been constantly around many autistic people so he debunks many myths we created about people on the spectrum.

But you are not Ezra. All you need to be is Liam.