im not feeling too good and im tired of typing

you act like autism always leads to having people just love you and be entertained like the rainman movie

all arent savants

i thought i was aut and read some on it

maybe i am who knows

some autistics become argeressive

some have tantrums

isolation is what many get

combined with depression or schizophrenia i suppoose he went mad

maybe he was also schizo

the retarded ones wouldnt care to fit in i doubt or not too much

the high funtioning ones want a life but cant find a real life at times

Hi clouds,
I'm sorry you're not feeling so well.
Hope you feel better fast.
I understand your concerns and why you posted it.
[My son is on Autism spectrum.]

I hope you're feeling stronger soon.
take care,
Lara

I had a friend whos son had Asperger's Disorder.

[Asperger's Disorder is a milder variant of Autistic Disorder. Both Asperger's Disorder and Autistic Disorder are in fact subgroups of a larger diagnostic category. This larger category is called either Autistic Spectrum Disorders, mostly in European countries, or Pervasive Developmental Disorders ("PDD"), in the United States. In Asperger's Disorder, affected individuals are characterized by social isolation and eccentric behavior in childhood. There are impairments in two-sided social interaction and non-verbal communication. Though grammatical, their speech is peculiar due to abnormalities of inflection and a repetitive pattern. Clumsiness is prominent both in their articulation and gross motor behavior. They usually have a circumscribed area of interest which usually leaves no space for more age appropriate, common interests. Some examples are cars, trains, French Literature, door knobs, hinges, cappucino, meteorology, astronomy or history. The name "Asperger" comes from Hans Asperger, an Austrian physician who first described the syndrome in 1944. An excellent translation of Dr. Asperger's original paper is provided by Dr. Uta Frith in her Autism and Asperger Syndrome.]

http://www.aspergers.com/aspclin.htm

Yes, my son has Asperger's Syndrome (ASD) and he has always had some odd obsessive interests. He is a collector, although these days his collections are not as neat and tidy as they used to be. lol

is he on meds?

Not anymore, clouds. He wasn't correctly diagnosed until he was almost 14. Also has Tourette's Syndrome and some other things, as you might remember. He's not taken medication in about 6 maybe 7 years. He's just turned 20 and is doing very well considering how hard it was all those years ago and without a correct diagnosis.

oh

where i live i think the goon doctors think i need massive doses of meds even if i slip up just a little

theyre a bunch of hypocrites

We didn't have much luck with doctors here. Which is obvious 'cause for 5 years I was telling them he was on autism spectrum and they said he wasn't 'cause his eye contact was too good or something like that. He slipped through the system in school too because he was very clever so they just dismissed everything else he was struggling with and only looked at his report cards.

Then I took him to talk with Tony Attwood. www.tonyattwood.com.au He lives not too far away from us. World known specialist in AS. It took him 5 minutes to diagnose him correctly but I'd sent in all his previous history and medical reports prior to the appointment. We talked with him for a couple more hours after that. Was the beginning of the better times for my son really and a goodbye to lots of his wondering why he was a lot different from his peers who treated him very badly when he was young.

It was on his advice that I took him out of school at the time. The good thing I've noticed with him though is that as he got older and was mixing with other young adults and older teens (he went to college very young to study rather than finish school) no one really took any notice of him and he has been treated just like everyone else. He's adapted pretty well really.

hi everybody. can i pop in? hehehe..y'all know i will anyways.

meds can help people. but like you clouds..you are so good at research and finding alternatives to try and help yourself. i know lara is the same. chemar...so many here.

the right supplements can do wonders. i'm not a med person myself. they just don't do well for me. but i;m not totally adverse to taking them...if the right one worked. like for me...slep meds..nope...haven't found one that doesn't have side effects on me. same with pain meds.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/ed...rssnyt&emc=rss