Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Currently, my youngest child is the only one with a diagnosis of AS. She was diagnosed by a team of people at age 8. At the same time, the new pediatrician she had seen one time for 5 minutes decided she has ADHD. The team that diagnosed her does not agree or disagree with that. My middle child was diagnosed with severe ADHD at age 7. I strongly believe he also has AS as well, though I have not completed the diagnosis process yet. My oldest child is what I would consider NT. > > When my son got diagnosed with autism (3 y/o) the doctor made a comment that I should get my younger son (1 y/o) tested as well. She said that there was a significant number of children with autism with siblings with the same diagnosis. Now this is on my mind whenever I am playing with my one year old. What is your expirience. How many have NT siblings and how many have Autistic siblings of autistic children? > > MJ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Currently, my youngest child is the only one with a diagnosis of AS. She was diagnosed by a team of people at age 8. At the same time, the new pediatrician she had seen one time for 5 minutes decided she has ADHD. The team that diagnosed her does not agree or disagree with that. My middle child was diagnosed with severe ADHD at age 7. I strongly believe he also has AS as well, though I have not completed the diagnosis process yet. My oldest child is what I would consider NT. > > When my son got diagnosed with autism (3 y/o) the doctor made a comment that I should get my younger son (1 y/o) tested as well. She said that there was a significant number of children with autism with siblings with the same diagnosis. Now this is on my mind whenever I am playing with my one year old. What is your expirience. How many have NT siblings and how many have Autistic siblings of autistic children? > > MJ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 my 5 year old has a diagnosis of moderate autism, his 3 year old sister is normal, his 18 month old brother is strongly suspected to be autistic (acts the same way as his older brother did at the same age) and has been referred for a diagnosis (9 month wait) and early intervention. s' speech therapist has recommended that I sing to Jay to try to increase his vocabulary. When my son got diagnosed with autism (3 y/o) the doctor made a comment that I should get my younger son (1 y/o) tested as well. She said that there was a significant number of children with autism with siblings with the same diagnosis. Now this is on my mind whenever I am playing with my one year old. What is your expirience. How many have NT siblings and how many have Autistic siblings of autistic children? MJ ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 my 5 year old has a diagnosis of moderate autism, his 3 year old sister is normal, his 18 month old brother is strongly suspected to be autistic (acts the same way as his older brother did at the same age) and has been referred for a diagnosis (9 month wait) and early intervention. s' speech therapist has recommended that I sing to Jay to try to increase his vocabulary. When my son got diagnosed with autism (3 y/o) the doctor made a comment that I should get my younger son (1 y/o) tested as well. She said that there was a significant number of children with autism with siblings with the same diagnosis. Now this is on my mind whenever I am playing with my one year old. What is your expirience. How many have NT siblings and how many have Autistic siblings of autistic children? MJ ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 oh also I think there's a strong family history of it on the paternal side. I think my soon to be ex husband may have aspergers or high functioning autism. he won't admit he has a problem though. my 5 year old has a diagnosis of moderate autism, his 3 year old sister is normal, his 18 month old brother is strongly suspected to be autistic (acts the same way as his older brother did at the same age) and has been referred for a diagnosis (9 month wait) and early intervention. s' speech therapist has recommended that I sing to Jay to try to increase his vocabulary. When my son got diagnosed with autism (3 y/o) the doctor made a comment that I should get my younger son (1 y/o) tested as well. She said that there was a significant number of children with autism with siblings with the same diagnosis. Now this is on my mind whenever I am playing with my one year old. What is your expirience. How many have NT siblings and how many have Autistic siblings of autistic children? MJ ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 oh also I think there's a strong family history of it on the paternal side. I think my soon to be ex husband may have aspergers or high functioning autism. he won't admit he has a problem though. my 5 year old has a diagnosis of moderate autism, his 3 year old sister is normal, his 18 month old brother is strongly suspected to be autistic (acts the same way as his older brother did at the same age) and has been referred for a diagnosis (9 month wait) and early intervention. s' speech therapist has recommended that I sing to Jay to try to increase his vocabulary. When my son got diagnosed with autism (3 y/o) the doctor made a comment that I should get my younger son (1 y/o) tested as well. She said that there was a significant number of children with autism with siblings with the same diagnosis. Now this is on my mind whenever I am playing with my one year old. What is your expirience. How many have NT siblings and how many have Autistic siblings of autistic children? MJ ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 my 2nd child is my autistic child. My 11 y/o is ADD and has autistic TENDENCIES my parents say she's very immature for her age and is to a degree. i know she's probably not on the spectrum but treating her like she is does help...my younger 2 are just fine..probably too fine Now my bil and sil have a 9yo girl (my neice) w/ aspergers and their 3 yo son (my nephew) is supposedly ok but to me he acts alot like my son and his sister. His sister wasnt diagnosed til she was almost 6 so there is still a chance that he's on the spectrum.Daisy: wife to , Mom to Adayla, Braydon, Colton, and Faythe When my son got diagnosed with autism (3 y/o) the doctor made a comment that I should get my younger son (1 y/o) tested as well. She said that there was a significant number of children with autism with siblings with the same diagnosis. Now this is on my mind whenever I am playing with my one year old. What is your expirience. How many have NT siblings and how many have Autistic siblings of autistic children? MJ ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 my 2nd child is my autistic child. My 11 y/o is ADD and has autistic TENDENCIES my parents say she's very immature for her age and is to a degree. i know she's probably not on the spectrum but treating her like she is does help...my younger 2 are just fine..probably too fine Now my bil and sil have a 9yo girl (my neice) w/ aspergers and their 3 yo son (my nephew) is supposedly ok but to me he acts alot like my son and his sister. His sister wasnt diagnosed til she was almost 6 so there is still a chance that he's on the spectrum.Daisy: wife to , Mom to Adayla, Braydon, Colton, and Faythe When my son got diagnosed with autism (3 y/o) the doctor made a comment that I should get my younger son (1 y/o) tested as well. She said that there was a significant number of children with autism with siblings with the same diagnosis. Now this is on my mind whenever I am playing with my one year old. What is your expirience. How many have NT siblings and how many have Autistic siblings of autistic children? MJ ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Oh another thing my husband used to do, he always ordered French fries at the bar and would line them up in a row side by side and eat them. And he would always stand when he talked in the evenings and folded a dish towel, would dart in and out of the house for a smoke and a beer.. It was weird I wanted him to SIT DOWN already, but he always made a gigantic bowl of popcorn he cooked in an old aluminum kettle with Crisco, and poured butter on it, man that was good popcorn. That way it diverted the attention off of him and what he was doing. Fond memories long gone now. Carolyn Carolyn wrote: > I was just talking to the case worker from the county about my grandson > Lucas who is recently diagnosed with aspergers/autism. She was here > about my son who has had autism, seizures, and other problems all > his life. He also had a cousin with severe autism who has since > died..their fathers were brothers. > > One of my sons who is a software engineer with an MS in math and > computer science says he thinks he is on the " spectrum " and my other son > who is a gifted musician has serious issues in how he functions > especially social phobia, etc. so does my daughter, yet he is brilliant > when it comes to music and she is extra creative when it comes to drama.. > > My husband their father was a gifted in math and was an electrical > engineer workaholic who later became an alcoholic as did my oldest son > and daughter but they are now both sober. Sadly my husband died. I > really think all three of them used alcohol to medicate. > > I don't know if I am on the spectrum, when I take the test though I > score quite high, can see some real similarities in how I take things > literally logically not emotionally, how I have this almost obsessive > attention to detail... > > Guess all I am saying is that not everything about autism is bad, as my > son Jeff tells me, " Most of the people at MIT have aspergers. " > > Doesn't sound so bad. > > Carolyn ;o) > > Marie y wrote: > >> When my son got diagnosed with autism (3 y/o) the doctor made a >> comment that I should get my younger son (1 y/o) tested as well. She >> said that there was a significant number of children with autism with >> siblings with the same diagnosis. Now this is on my mind whenever I am >> playing with my one year old. What is your expirience. How many have >> NT siblings and how many have Autistic siblings of autistic children? >> >> MJ >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 I drive my wife mad with some of my habits - standing to watch tv, hanging clothes on the line with matching pegs, folding tea-towels and hand towels, glasses grouped and lined up, etc. Apart from standing to watch tv, which is usually because I am in the middle of doing something, the rest are just to stop my head going fuzzy when I don't do them. > Oh another thing my husband used to do, he always ordered French fries > at the bar and would line them up in a row side by side and eat them. > And he would always stand when he talked in the evenings and folded a > dish towel, would dart in and out of the house for a smoke and a beer.. > It was weird I wanted him to SIT DOWN already, but he always made a > gigantic bowl of popcorn he cooked in an old aluminum kettle with > Crisco, and poured butter on it, man that was good popcorn. That way it > diverted the attention off of him and what he was doing. > > Fond memories long gone now. > > Carolyn > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 I drive my wife mad with some of my habits - standing to watch tv, hanging clothes on the line with matching pegs, folding tea-towels and hand towels, glasses grouped and lined up, etc. Apart from standing to watch tv, which is usually because I am in the middle of doing something, the rest are just to stop my head going fuzzy when I don't do them. > Oh another thing my husband used to do, he always ordered French fries > at the bar and would line them up in a row side by side and eat them. > And he would always stand when he talked in the evenings and folded a > dish towel, would dart in and out of the house for a smoke and a beer.. > It was weird I wanted him to SIT DOWN already, but he always made a > gigantic bowl of popcorn he cooked in an old aluminum kettle with > Crisco, and poured butter on it, man that was good popcorn. That way it > diverted the attention off of him and what he was doing. > > Fond memories long gone now. > > Carolyn > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 I do some of that stuff too. those things, it's more OCD than autism I think.the pegs especially. I drive my wife mad with some of my habits - standing to watch tv, hanging clothes on the line with matching pegs, folding tea-towels and hand towels, glasses grouped and lined up, etc. Apart from standing to watch tv, which is usually because I am in the middle of doing something, the rest are just to stop my head going fuzzy when I don't do them. > Oh another thing my husband used to do, he always ordered French fries > at the bar and would line them up in a row side by side and eat them. > And he would always stand when he talked in the evenings and folded a > dish towel, would dart in and out of the house for a smoke and a beer.. > It was weird I wanted him to SIT DOWN already, but he always made a > gigantic bowl of popcorn he cooked in an old aluminum kettle with > Crisco, and poured butter on it, man that was good popcorn. That way it > diverted the attention off of him and what he was doing. > > Fond memories long gone now. > > Carolyn > > > > ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 I do some of that stuff too. those things, it's more OCD than autism I think.the pegs especially. I drive my wife mad with some of my habits - standing to watch tv, hanging clothes on the line with matching pegs, folding tea-towels and hand towels, glasses grouped and lined up, etc. Apart from standing to watch tv, which is usually because I am in the middle of doing something, the rest are just to stop my head going fuzzy when I don't do them. > Oh another thing my husband used to do, he always ordered French fries > at the bar and would line them up in a row side by side and eat them. > And he would always stand when he talked in the evenings and folded a > dish towel, would dart in and out of the house for a smoke and a beer.. > It was weird I wanted him to SIT DOWN already, but he always made a > gigantic bowl of popcorn he cooked in an old aluminum kettle with > Crisco, and poured butter on it, man that was good popcorn. That way it > diverted the attention off of him and what he was doing. > > Fond memories long gone now. > > Carolyn > > > > ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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