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So my son, affectionately called "Thor" by the long-time members, was diagnosed with autism last Friday. Obviously this has been a weird few months... I think I actually made a TASTELESS joke about " ass-full of Asperger's Syndrome" less than two years ago. Whelp, I'm on the wrong side of the joke now.
The process has been rough on the wife and me, just because it all begins with strangers telling us our boy isn't normal. And it builds, and eventually we start seeing the signs, but we don't want to see them. It isn't easy. The cool thing is that on intelligence tests that correspond to the ASD testing (Autism Spectrum Disorder - that's what it is called since 2013) our Thor is very high functioning, very high intelligence, but without a doubt on "the spectrum."
So I was wondering what other members have experienced with this diagnosis, or any questions you have with the "Autism Spectrum." I need more reasons to research the answers.
Thanks for reading...
The process has been rough on the wife and me, just because it all begins with strangers telling us our boy isn't normal. And it builds, and eventually we start seeing the signs, but we don't want to see them. It isn't easy. The cool thing is that on intelligence tests that correspond to the ASD testing (Autism Spectrum Disorder - that's what it is called since 2013) our Thor is very high functioning, very high intelligence, but without a doubt on "the spectrum."
So I was wondering what other members have experienced with this diagnosis, or any questions you have with the "Autism Spectrum." I need more reasons to research the answers.
Thanks for reading...