The psychologist asked me if I thought I would have had an easier life if the diagnosis had been made earlier, in my childhood.
Yes: I would have had the right to get help for living with th condition.
No: I would easily have been labeled and maybe not "expected" to make it as far as I've done.
I'm having a hard time choose. I didn't give him a satisfactory answer.
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3 comments:
Believe it varies immensely whether or not being aware of the condition in childhood can be of any benefit or harm.
I chatted with someone visitting the Aspies for Freedom chatroom who said she was from Oslo, she also spoke norwegian to me and later joined a norwegian forum - Went around with the name Blodalven, haven't seen her again though.
Anyway, she said that bullies had begun to pick on her diagnosis, and she apparently refused to accept her diagnosis for some, if not the aforementioned, reason.
Personally I haven't told anyone about my diagnosis, at least that would have been very subtle. Neither have I been much bothered by others since primary.
I think it might sometimes be smart to hold the diagnosis secret when you're young, because people can make you ashamed of it, and that is easy.
Sorry for rambling.
You are not rambling. And I see your point. :)
I have to say, I can see both sides. So I'm hoping I'm giving my daughter the best of both worlds... DS 8 and DH are both diagnosed. I've discussed it with DD 11, told her that I think she has some definite Aspie tendencies. So she knows that she may be different from "typical" and that it's ok. And that we will help her to develop appropriate coping strategies.
I don't think a label would help her as much as our understanding of her, and her own understanding of herself. I've offered it to her, though, that if she thought it would help, we could talk with the psychologist about an official evaluation and possible diagnosis for her.
DS knows that asperger's means that his brain works differently than most people, and that is why he can remember things so much better than other people can! When he struggles with a concept, we tell him that we understand it's harder for him to get this than other kids - but that they will never remember things as well as he does, so it will even out!
Reminds me of when DD was 4. Her friend could whistle, but she couldn't - but she could read, which he could not. I told her that by age 10, they would both be whistling and reading! On the other hand, there are some things which never level out, which is where every person's individual giftedness can shine!
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