Autism Support Group

i got a couple books at the library and while i have only read a few pages of the first book i have new hope for my son's future. the author talkes about books written by people who grew up with ASD and she talks about people she interviewd that went to college and one woman who has a PhD. these people grew up in a time when there really wasn't a whole lot of information and knowledge about autism. they talk about the difficulties they had as children and one person talks about his wife. most of them did not even get diagnosed until their children were diagnosed. my son can be happy and function productivley in society and even get married and have kids some day. for me this gives us a whole new lease on life. when i fisrt started noticing that he had some ASD behaviors i worried and felt like this was going to be a long hard road that was going to be very difficult on us and i did not know how i would make it through. but with just those few pages i now feel like this won't be so difficult. it might take a little while to discover the way he learns best but i kbnow once we figure that out it will be so much easier on him and all of us and we will all be happy, but most importantly he will be happy.

I grew up in the 60s and 70s I was not diagnosed until 2005,

Of couse back then aspergers was not hard off so we were classed has retards and left to vegatate.

I am so happy when someone realizes that it is not a death sentance to have autism,my autism has given me more good than bad.

Post edited by: spectrummum, at: 02/05/2009 23:02

That's great to hear mommacooties. There are so many inspirational adults out there who have grown up on the spectrum. Hearing what they have to say is a great starting point towards understanding how our kids see the world. They can explain things to us clearly that a lot of NT "specialists" can only speculate on. In fact, I probably learned more useful stuff from Temple Grandin on YouTube than from the whole staff at the Children's hospital combined!

Post edited by: Swampsong, at: 02/06/2009 06:34

Spectrummum---Bless you for your outlook.

Thankyou hun