HisFirst Posted January 13, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 21 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 3,491 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 2,582 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/25/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted January 13, 2018 Just now, missmuffet said: Most professionals will say that a person is born with autism. As I heard once MM, there is no 'normal' and everyone has some autism in them, others more and complex. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenEagle Posted January 13, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 764 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 7,626 Content Per Day: 1.81 Reputation: 1,559 Days Won: 44 Joined: 10/03/2012 Status: Offline Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 Re: 9 Routine In kids this can be waking up at the same time, need to know the schedule, need time transitioning from one thing to the next, resistance to change, eating the same foods, wearing the same clothes, etc. Examples of this in adults can be parking in the same spot every day, taking the same route to work, going to bed or waking up at a specific time, etc. Breaking that routine can cause distress, anxiety, frustration, and anger. That’s a description of me to the T. Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretopossumcabal Posted January 13, 2018 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 207 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 188 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/15/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted January 13, 2018 21 minutes ago, missmuffet said: Most professionals will say that a person is born with autism. They also say it correlates with old sperm, my father had me in his mid-forties and I'm the last of 4 siblings, none of them have it except for me. 22 minutes ago, Marilyn C said: Hi s...possum.. How is aspergers different from autism? or is it part of the spectrum? regards, Marilyn. Yes it's a spectrum, aspergers is on the lighter side of it, we can be pretty functional if raised properly, but people with more severe forms of autism have it a lot worse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisFirst Posted January 13, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 21 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 3,491 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 2,582 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/25/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted January 13, 2018 Just now, GoldenEagle said: Re: 9 Routine In kids this can be waking up at the same time, need to know the schedule, need time transitioning from one thing to the next, resistance to change, eating the same foods, wearing the same clothes, etc. Examples of this in adults can be parking in the same spot every day, taking the same route to work, going to bed or waking up at a specific time, etc. Breaking that routine can cause distress, anxiety, frustration, and anger. That’s a description of me to the T. Lol Lol, I relate to that:) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted January 13, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,990 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,688 Content Per Day: 11.84 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted January 13, 2018 23 minutes ago, HisFirst said: As I heard once MM, there is no 'normal' and everyone has some autism in them, others more and complex. Everyone has some autism in them? I have never heard of that. Although I think millions have some OCD in them. They just never have a serious problem with it to the point that it disturbs their everyday life. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted January 13, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,990 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,688 Content Per Day: 11.84 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted January 13, 2018 15 minutes ago, secretopossumcabal said: They also say it correlates with old sperm, my father had me in his mid-forties and I'm the last of 4 siblings, none of them have it except for me. Yes it's a spectrum, aspergers is on the lighter side of it, we can be pretty functional if raised properly, but people with more severe forms of autism have it a lot worse. There are a lot of professional "opinions" on what causes autism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenEagle Posted January 13, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 764 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 7,626 Content Per Day: 1.81 Reputation: 1,559 Days Won: 44 Joined: 10/03/2012 Status: Offline Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 51 minutes ago, Marilyn C said: Hi s...possum.. How is aspergers different from autism? or is it part of the spectrum? regards, Marilyn. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) decided in 2013 to remove the term Aspergers. Instead, a person is called high functioning autistic in the USA. Around the world the term Aspergers is still used. See https://www.parents.com/health/autism/what-happened-to-aspergers/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenEagle Posted January 13, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 764 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 7,626 Content Per Day: 1.81 Reputation: 1,559 Days Won: 44 Joined: 10/03/2012 Status: Offline Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 23 minutes ago, secretopossumcabal said: They also say it correlates with old sperm, my father had me in his mid-forties and I'm the last of 4 siblings, none of them have it except for me. Yes it's a spectrum, aspergers is on the lighter side of it, we can be pretty functional if raised properly, but people with more severe forms of autism have it a lot worse. Interesting because I was the first born in my family. My father was in his mid 20s. Personally, I think it’s more hereditary. A person is born with autism. Both my parents exhibit milder traits of autism. My paternal grandfather certainly is autistic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willa Posted January 14, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 68 Topic Count: 185 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 14,224 Content Per Day: 3.34 Reputation: 16,647 Days Won: 30 Joined: 08/14/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted January 14, 2018 I encountered one person with autism who suffered it as a result of shaken child syndrome. He also had seizures that made the condition worse each time he had one. It was puzzling and tragic. I had wondered if he had undiagnosed autism at least to a degree prior to the incident. Usually it is recessive genetic, or something of the sort. It runs in families quite often. Most other children had improved with therapy and maturation, and it has been very rewarding to watch. And yes, GE, most don't like change. To one I had given a "noisy book"--a see and say type book with folk songs. He loved Waltzing Matilda. But they apparently started singing it in his music class and he was having a fit each time. Mystery solved. Music teacher heard his noisy book version while we were on a field trip, but it differed a little from the original causing great rage in the student who is a gifted musician. One of my asperger's students was preoccupied with things and gadgets, continually asking about them--what is that, what does it do? Another had not spoken once in the several years I worked with him. Then one day a fire truck came to a stream to tank up with water and the student asked me if we could go and watch. So we did, from a safe distance, and we had quite a conversation. I enjoyed most of the kids. My next door neighbor has autism and is excelling in college. He has been taking my garbage cans out to the street and bringing them back for me. I stuck my head out the door to thank him again, and he was beaming, gave me a big hug, and we talked about school for a bit. He is a genius in math. Cool kid. But he was non verbal in his earlier years. I have known him for over 5. We have a few other people on Worthy who have it, some severe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisFirst Posted January 14, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 21 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 3,491 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 2,582 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/25/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted January 14, 2018 6 minutes ago, missmuffet said: Everyone has some autism in them? I have never heard of that. Although I think millions have some OCD in them. They just never have a serious problem with it to the point that it disturbs their everyday life. Some autism as in routines, fixations, refrain from touching etc but it doesn't interfere with living a so called 'normal' existence. May be OCD sits under the autism umbrella? It wouldn't surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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