-=> Quoting Gary Perkins to Nancy Backus on 06-14-11  02:35 <=-   
      
    > And Asperger's is a spectrum, not a specific... at the top of the   
    > autistic spectrum.  I don't envy you your ride.  Your son might have it   
    > too?  There seems to be some evidence that it runs in families...   
      
    GP> Autism is a spectrum, Asperger's is a specific form at the top of the   
    GP> spectrum. I think officially it's still not considered true autism, but   
    GP> it's commonly accepted to be...something like that, it's confusing.. :p   
    GP> Some people would say that high functioning autism and Asperger's are   
    GP> the same, others say it's different, I dunno.   
      
   Adding to the confusion, I know I've also run into Aspergers being   
   considered a spectrum of sorts, too... but perhaps not quite so wide a   
   one as the autism...    
      
    GP> I believe it if it does have a genetic component.  To be honest, my   
    GP> mother was the first to point out we may have a case of autism.  Once I   
    GP> did the research and talked with her about it, she made a comment that   
    GP> I might also be on the spectrum.  She can't remember specifics from my   
    GP> childhood, and if I were on the spectrum I'd be so high up it wouldn't   
    GP> matter much if I were, but I would suppose having two parents with   
    GP> autism would greatly increase the odds of both children having it.   
      
   For that matter, having it run in both families would increase the odds   
   of the children getting it...  And high-functioning autistic people are   
   less likely to be diagnosed, unless something else grabs attention.    
   Besides which, in earlier generations, less was known about it, less was   
   diagnosed, etc.   
      
    GP> Yesterday we had a pretty good day.  Today, I was feeling ill most of   
    GP> the day and pretty much stayed on the couch.  The kids woke before me   
    GP> (fairly early for some reason) and got into the kitchen.  For some   
    GP> reason, everytime they pull chips out, they feel the need to scatter   
    GP> them from one end of the room to the other.  That's pretty much how the   
    GP> entire day went, they trashed the place.    
      
   Some good days, some bad days... And we get to just keep keeping on.. :)      
      
   ttyl     neb   
      
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