sunshinescj wrote:
Kitty4670 wrote:
Were people born with Aspergers? I'm trying to understand things if I do stuff because I have Asperger or I have Cerebral Pasly, I know I was born with Cerebral Pasly.
Same here I was born with CP and believe I have Aspergers. It's hard because CP can cause sensory issues and being in a wheelchair creates a certain social awkwardness and distance. My parents would it all be CP related but there are a lot of things that CP related literature and diagnostic stuff doesn't even mention as a possibility that is mentioned in the AS world that I feel is so me. Also a lot of people seem hesitant to diagnosis me with AS because of CP. Ugh as if getting diagnosed as a female could be any harder! It just makes me feel like I could be making it all up/faking it. So hard to feel validated.
I'm sorry you're struggling with this. It must be so hard trying to convince people you think you have an ASD because they don't look past one condition. That's kind of like what happened when I was little with my OCD. Sometimes I feel like people see the OCD, but not the ASD. I hope you are able to feel a little more validated!
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