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I wanted to say I love the site and (finally) just registered.
My answers are up on the question postie thingy.
I really didn't know how to categorize myself since the drop down box for diagnosis/relationship to the spectrum didn't allow for selection of multiples.

About me: I am not officially diagnosed; it is interesting how the "DSM" list fits me yet does not describe me. But the more I read this site, the more I believe I fit better here than in any other category or whatever; if there is something approaching a neurological type, this is what mine is, at least in what they've discovered so far, and as is frequently stated, spectrum persons are more diverse than others give them credit for.

I know AS possibly explains a lot about my past...and my present..and my son's present, as we are gearing up for a diagnosis of...some sort...with him, I am sure of it, his teacher is concerned about his "odd play" and "ritualistic behavior", his "delayed echolalia" and fetish for cars. I hear the concern and the pity, I hear her say the buzzwords and that she has "referred him" to the right specialists, they will be calling me. At first I freaked out, but now I see a boy that has a sensitive, joyful, and persistent spirit that, with proper guidance, will find ways around and/or through life's obstacles. If one of those obstacles happens to be the unrepentant pity and discomfort of others.

I'm a female in my mid-30s, with a somewhat successful life, although sometimes I feel like that has been hard won, and other times I say "well, it depends on how you define success". People tell me I do things the hard way (a lot) and I say that that is the only way I know how to do things. It's hard to explain. Reading the thoughts of (other?) aspies like on this site really does feel to me a lot like having someone finally, finally undertand.

So, I hope you give my thoughts some respect and I hope to not offend anyone.

With that, I say "hello"

i will say ''hello'' back. and add a welcome in there, too.

To WrongPlanet!! !

Welcome.

IMHO, success is something you get to define in your own terms.

Wecome to WP !

Hi hi! And welcome!

Nice to meet you, patternist.

I get that a lot, too. Often, people will say to me "Why don't you just do it this way?" and I'll look at what I'm doing, realize they're right, and make a joke out of it by saying "Because that would be too easy!" And then I do it the easy way.

Welcome to WP!

Welcome to WP!

Welcome

I am undiagnosed, though my psychologist thinks I may have AS, and I agree, the DSM doesn't tell the whole story.

My son acts like an exact copy of how I was as a child, and he's been labeled by the school system as "emotionally underdeveloped", whatever that means. I hate it when they call and tell me they want a psychologist to come observe him in class, and I hate that they won't be direct about what they think he has. At first they thought he had ODD, then ADD/HD, but he didn't really fit any of those, and I won't allow them to put him on drugs. He's nine now. I used to think that he had normal child behavior, but I don't know any other kids that act like him. His sister doesn't act like him at all, she's almost the perfect kid. She's 2 years younger. I'm in the process of getting a diagnosis for myself, whatever that might be. When I find out what my diagnosis is, I might try to do the same for my son, I haven't decided. I want to do what's best for him.

Welcome to WP I hope you find lots of answers and helpful advice here!

You can offend me. I won't blow up. Hi.

So I finally greet you!

I'll add an official Welcome too,although I remember you've already contributed to one of
my threads.Thanks for that !

Thank you for the thank you. And thank you all for my new addiction