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Posted by missamor on December 16, 2004, at 13:31:29
i was wondering if any of you are autistic or asperger syndrome? (for those who are not familiar, it is an atypical, highly functioning form of autism.) i have a family member with the disorder and would like to hear from anyone who has autism and would not mind sharing their experiences. i have a few questions in particular-when did you realize you were autistic? did your parents tell you or were you an adult? what medication and therapy worked the best for this condition? any experiences would be very interesting to me.
thanks in advance-
Posted by dazed on December 16, 2004, at 14:16:00
In reply to asperger syndrome, posted by missamor on December 16, 2004, at 13:31:29
My daughter works with autism, downs, and asperger students and some adults. I don't have any answers for you, but she is a senior in high school and has worked with these kids for three years in summer and afterschool programs.
She has found tons of info on the internet and is now applying to universitites in the field of medicine, in the hopes of working with these types of challenges. In fact, her college essay was on the girl she first started working with in church that had Autism, which led her to study that field and began her passion in helping special needs children. She says they are all different, with many on different medications, and they all respond differently to different meds and different therapy.
I'll have to ask her more about the asperger students and what challenges they face.
Posted by Cecilia on December 17, 2004, at 1:48:31
In reply to Re: asperger syndrome, posted by dazed on December 16, 2004, at 14:16:00
An excellent book on this topic is "Songs of the Gorilla Nation" by Dawn Prince-Hughes. Cecilia
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