[SPAM] Re: Messy, messy, messy

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I don’t think the “sorting and

organizing behavior” has anything to do with neatness or, for that

matter, with being on the spectrum.  My 17 year old lives with his dad but

visits one evening a week and every other weekend.  His room/bathroom are a

mess.  He can eat something in the kitchen and leave dirty plate and glass on

the table or counter, trash laying around kitchen, etc.  As a child he did

collect Pokemon cards and did spend time sorting and organizing them but never

to the point that I would have called it obsessive.  Many kids on the spectrum

do also have OCD and some of them do obsessively “sort and organize”.

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Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007

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Re: Messy, messy, messy

This is an important point I have wanted to bring up

for some time.

Does one have to have the sorting and organizing behavior to be part

of the spectrum? DS, 23, is not diagnosed yet, but he never had the

slightest form of above. Instead he is like tornado, or maybe PigPen

of Charlie Brown fame! He started using a meds patch and every

single day that he has used it, the pieces of the package have been

stewn around the kitchen. I can make him pick it up over and over,

he's all of 18 " away from the garbage can, but stuff just kind

of " drips " off of him. Maybe this is all kids...his disorganization

costs him so much time in losing stuff and having to untangle the

mess.

Sue

> I'm losing my mind with all the mess. He's like a mini

tornado. Is

> this an AS thing, or just a personality thing?

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My son has OCD and unfortunately it isn't the neat, organizing kind... it's the counting and running to bed before he gets to a certain number or he has to start all over and has to touch the door knob two times before he jumps back in bed and he 'pees' all the time when stressed.. He will open a cd and just throw the paper on the floor.. or leave it on the counter. Don't even get me started on the puddle in front, beside, behind the toilet.. YUCK!! (from all that peeing in the dark when he's trying to sleep and has to run back in time or pee again and start over).... sad really.... Toni

RE: [sPAM] ( ) Re: Messy, messy, messy

I don’t think the “sorting and organizing behavior” has anything to do with neatness or, for that matter, with being on the spectrum. My 17 year old lives with his dad but visits one evening a week and every other weekend. His room/bathroom are a mess. He can eat something in the kitchen and leave dirty plate and glass on the table or counter, trash laying around kitchen, etc. As a child he did collect Pokemon cards and did spend time sorting and organizing them but never to the point that I would have called it obsessive. Many kids on the spectrum do also have OCD and some of them do obsessively “sort and organize”.

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of carolynsuelowerychattanoogaSent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 8:33 AM Subject: [sPAM] ( ) Re: Messy, messy, messy

This is an important point I have wanted to bring up for some time. Does one have to have the sorting and organizing behavior to be part of the spectrum? DS, 23, is not diagnosed yet, but he never had the slightest form of above. Instead he is like tornado, or maybe PigPen of Charlie Brown fame! He started using a meds patch and every single day that he has used it, the pieces of the package have been stewn around the kitchen. I can make him pick it up over and over, he's all of 18" away from the garbage can, but stuff just kind of "drips" off of him. Maybe this is all kids...his disorganization costs him so much time in losing stuff and having to untangle the mess.Sue> I'm losing my mind with all the mess. He's like a mini tornado. Is > this an AS thing, or just a personality thing?> > > > > > > ---------------------------------> Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story.> Play Sims Stories at Games.>

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Oh God,,,Toni. You make me laugh. You know what's really funny? Those freaks out there......the ones with NO kids on ANY spectrum.....well THOSE freaks wouldn't be laughing at the "pee story". Poor, sorry souls. Ha ha. RobinToni <kbtoni@...> wrote: My son has OCD and unfortunately it isn't the neat, organizing kind... it's the counting and running to bed before he gets to a certain number or he has to start

all over and has to touch the door knob two times before he jumps back in bed and he 'pees' all the time when stressed.. He will open a cd and just throw the paper on the floor.. or leave it on the counter. Don't even get me started on the puddle in front, beside, behind the toilet.. YUCK!! (from all that peeing in the dark when he's trying to sleep and has to run back in time or pee again and start over).... sad really.... Toni RE: [sPAM] ( ) Re: Messy, messy, messy I don’t think the “sorting and organizing behavior” has anything to do with neatness or, for that matter, with being on the spectrum. My 17 year old lives with his dad but visits one evening a week and every other weekend. His room/bathroom are a mess. He can eat something in the kitchen and leave dirty plate and glass on the table or counter, trash laying around kitchen, etc. As a child he did collect Pokemon cards and did spend time sorting and organizing them but never to the point that I would have called it obsessive. Many kids on the spectrum do also have OCD and some of them do obsessively “sort and

organize”. From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of carolynsuelowerychattanoogaSent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 8:33 AM Subject: [sPAM] ( ) Re: Messy, messy, messy This is an important point I have wanted to bring up for some time. Does one have to have the sorting and organizing behavior to be part of the spectrum? DS, 23, is not diagnosed yet, but he never had the slightest form of above. Instead he is like

tornado, or maybe PigPen of Charlie Brown fame! He started using a meds patch and every single day that he has used it, the pieces of the package have been stewn around the kitchen. I can make him pick it up over and over, he's all of 18" away from the garbage can, but stuff just kind of "drips" off of him. Maybe this is all kids...his disorganization costs him so much time in losing stuff and having to untangle the mess.Sue> I'm losing my mind with all the mess. He's like a mini tornado. Is > this an AS thing, or just a personality thing?> > > > > > > ---------------------------------> Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story.> Play Sims Stories at Games.>

Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Games.

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yeah, they don't know what they are missing poor ole boring people...

RE: [sPAM] ( ) Re: Messy, messy, messy

I don’t think the “sorting and organizing behavior” has anything to do with neatness or, for that matter, with being on the spectrum. My 17 year old lives with his dad but visits one evening a week and every other weekend. His room/bathroom are a mess. He can eat something in the kitchen and leave dirty plate and glass on the table or counter, trash laying around kitchen, etc. As a child he did collect Pokemon cards and did spend time sorting and organizing them but never to the point that I would have called it obsessive. Many kids on the spectrum do also have OCD and some of them do obsessively “sort and organize”.

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of carolynsuelowerychattanoogaSent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 8:33 AM Subject: [sPAM] ( ) Re: Messy, messy, messy

This is an important point I have wanted to bring up for some time. Does one have to have the sorting and organizing behavior to be part of the spectrum? DS, 23, is not diagnosed yet, but he never had the slightest form of above. Instead he is like tornado, or maybe PigPen of Charlie Brown fame! He started using a meds patch and every single day that he has used it, the pieces of the package have been stewn around the kitchen. I can make him pick it up over and over, he's all of 18" away from the garbage can, but stuff just kind of "drips" off of him. Maybe this is all kids...his disorganization costs him so much time in losing stuff and having to untangle the mess.Sue> I'm losing my mind with all the mess. He's like a mini tornado. Is > this an AS thing, or just a personality thing?> > > > > > > ---------------------------------> Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story.> Play Sims Stories at Games.>

Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Games.

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Thanks ,

I don't have other kids, so don't know if this walking disaster area

around him is par for the course, part of his ADD, or normal

immature behavior.

He has spent countless hours searching for stuff, like keys and

wallet. We finally bought a " key ringer " and attached the 'finder'

to a huge block of wood. He can

> > I'm losing my mind with all the mess. He's like a mini

> tornado. Is

> > this an AS thing, or just a personality thing?

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> > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your

> story.

> > Play Sims Stories at Games.

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