RE: Breezy and AS hubby.

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Good ‘Eavens, Breezy,

So your husband only discovered that he belongs to the noble

breed in his 70s?   Bill and I, both in our 70s at least discovered it all in

our 60s.   I was perhaps pretty fortunate, in that I had been studying myself

for many years, and just getting boxed up with the puzzles, and so when I

learned about AS over a period of some 6 years or so, it came as no shock at

the diagnosis.   It was a big relief and brought excitement as well as

enlightenment.   My best wishes to him,

Ron.

[Guest guest]

Thank you Ron. It came as a huge relief for my husband too. He said all his life he felt "out of sync" with the rest of the world and now finally he knows why. Learning about Aspergers has been a literal life changing event for him and a marriage altering event for both of us. Im glad we figured it out.

Best Wishes

Breezy

Subject: RE: Breezy and AS hubby.To: aspires-relationships Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010, 7:35 PM

Good ‘Eavens, Breezy,

So your husband only discovered that he belongs to the noble breed in his 70s? Bill and I, both in our 70s at least discovered it all in our 60s. I was perhaps pretty fortunate, in that I had been studying myself for many years, and just getting boxed up with the puzzles, and so when I learned about AS over a period of some 6 years or so, it came as no shock at the diagnosis. It was a big relief and brought excitement as well as enlightenment. My best wishes to him,

Ron.

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I may felt out of sync at first, but I refuse to allow AS and ADHD to dictate

how I live my life and carry out my dreams.

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> Good ‘Eavens, Breezy,

> So your husband only discovered that he belongs to the noble breed in his

70s?   Bill and I, both in our 70s at least discovered it all in our 60s.  

I was perhaps pretty fortunate, in that I had been studying myself for many

years, and just getting boxed up with the puzzles, and so when I learned about

AS over a period of some 6 years or so, it came as no shock at the

diagnosis.   It was a big relief and brought excitement as well as

enlightenment.   My best wishes to him,

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>Good 'Eavens, Breezy,

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>So your husband only discovered that he belongs to the noble breed in his 70s?

Bill and I, both in our 70s at least

>discovered it all in our 60s. I was perhaps pretty fortunate, in that I had

been studying myself for many years, and just

>getting boxed up with the puzzles, and so when I learned about AS over a period

of some 6 years or so, it came as no

>shock at the diagnosis. It was a big relief and brought excitement as well as

enlightenment. My best wishes to him,

Hm. I was 73 actually. Before that, like Ron, I'd studied myself for years;

maybe 65 of them! So I *knew* all along I was

*something*. But In those early days there weren't settled names, or

descriptions, for what years later were called autism,

Asperger's and the like.

Yes, like so many others I was *relieved*, in fact elated, with the formal

evaluation as autistic.

Among other things it opened to me the large and growing body of knowledge

*about people like me*. It allowed me a

much more directed self-education, a sharper focus, than was possible before.

No, I don't see autism _per_se_ as a disability. It's a different " way of

being " . The cognitive style actually is an asset.

Sometimes, *not always*, autism is accompanied by co-morbidities.

The *same ones* NTs have by the way, just with different and sometimes higher

incidence. Some of the co-morbidities

(just like with NTs) can be pretty serious; and *those* often *are*

disabilities.

I have a few. None are serious enough to be " disabilities " . I do *not* have a

disability!

- Bill, dx AS

WD " Bill " Loughman - Berkeley, California USA

http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm