Aspergers/ASD support thread

PasturesNew

kit wrote: »

My boss has contacted someone about getting me assessed..... not sure if I want to know officially or not

Blimey! What sort of place do you work at???

I'd go for it. At least that way you know. You can forget it was done, but you know.

shazrobo

kit wrote: »

Your Type is
ISTJ
Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging
78 12 75 56
Is that an AS result?

Another test is here:
http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=1982215450153908026

This on has been used for research purposes etc. I have an AS score on this one.

My boss has contacted someone about getting me assessed..... not sure if I want to know officially or not

i have an as score on this one too, and from what my mum tells me i was very much like my sons are, finding making friends difficult, behaviour probs etc

blue_monkey_2

The link to the Phil & Teds on eBay is here:

http://baby.search.ebay.co.uk/phil-teds_Pushchairs-Prams_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQcatrefZC11QQfromZR40QQsacatZ66700

You want the single, the seat at the back is available as an 'extra' and most places will sell them seperately. Here is the google link:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A2006-15%2CGGLG%3Aen&q=phil+%26+teds+e3+explorer&meta=

http://www.groovystyle.co.uk/productpages/phil-and-teds/sport-single.htm

now called the Phil & Teds SP now apparently!!

I paid £299 for the buggy bit, you will need the single raincover but nothing else if you are not using it with another child. Whatever you do DO NOT by it from twoleftfeet.co.uk their CS is disgraceful with no customer services at all. they are pants!

PS. I googled OUt & About and found this: http://www.out-and-about.org.uk/index.asp Lot sof places for disabled children to attend in Norfolk & Sussex. Is this any help to anyone??

MyUserNamesTaken

As said, Aspies tend to be INTJs or ISTJs....there's a link to a forum I posted earlier on..they discuss their results. Most are either INTJs or ISTJs.

http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/forums.php


For those talking about the cost of buggies for special needs, consider asking the Family Fund for a grant to fund it. I posted the link to the FF earlier on in the thread.


http://www.familyfund.org.uk/


You can get up to around £700 per year towards days out, holidays, dishwashers, laptops...anything that is of benefit to the disabled child (be it through helping the family cope, or taking the child on holiday). You can ask for money towards more than one thing - I asked for money towards a washing machine and days out last year.

kit

PasturesNew wrote: »

Blimey! What sort of place do you work at???

I'd go for it. At least that way you know. You can forget it was done, but you know.

I am working for an employment project for people with Aspergers! After learning more about AS I began to realise that my brain worked more in an AS way than an NT way!
My boss has a adult son with AS and we have links with a research project that will do my assessment.

I will get it done..... it would make sense to know if AS is the reason why I have some of my ongoing 'issues'! Its scary tho.

sarah1975uk

kit wrote: »

I am working for an employment project for people with Aspergers! After learning more about AS I began to realise that my brain worked more in an AS way than an NT way!
My boss has a adult son with AS and we have links with a research project that will do my assessment.

I will get it done..... it would make sense to know if AS is the reason why I have some of my ongoing 'issues'! Its scary tho.

God yes its very scary but personally id rather know and be better able to try and get help to deal with things, than not know and live in constant what if's.

PasturesNew

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=1982215450153908026

I got a 47 on this.


"Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives. "

Although I do find some questions hard to understand what they mean. But I guess that's partly because of the spectrum

Savvy_Sue

Who was it watched that documentary about the boy who got the dog with their son and then asked their son how he 'felt' about it?

DS1 cannot answer 'feeling' questions at all. I now say that he 'lacks the wiring'.

It's hard to explain, because clearly they demonstrate strong feelings at times (the uncontrollable rage, for example), but it's as if they 'feel' emotions only at extremes. So, nothing or everything.

Loved that 10 pointer about the GOOD things in Aspies. Can tick all of them for DS1, and for the chap we live with, also DH to a certain extent.

g2g, not long in from my evening class, in dire need of a cuppa. blue_monkey will PM you again soon!

sarah1975uk

PasturesNew wrote: »

I got a 47 on this.


"Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives. "

Although I do find some questions hard to understand what they mean. But I guess that's partly because of the spectrum

I scored 30

sarah1975uk

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Who was it watched that documentary about the boy who got the dog with their son and then asked their son how he 'felt' about it?

DS1 cannot answer 'feeling' questions at all. I now say that he 'lacks the wiring'.

It's hard to explain, because clearly they demonstrate strong feelings at times (the uncontrollable rage, for example), but it's as if they 'feel' emotions only at extremes. So, nothing or everything.

Loved that 10 pointer about the GOOD things in Aspies. Can tick all of them for DS1, and for the chap we live with, also DH to a certain extent.

g2g, not long in from my evening class, in dire need of a cuppa. blue_monkey will PM you again soon!

It was me about the film Sue x