Hello everyone,
My name is Kieran.
To give a little background: im 25, live in County Durham and was diagnosed with Aspergers two years ago (feel like i'm in an AA meeting!)
My oldest sister was diagnosed with mild AS at the same time as me and her son has AS and ADHD. My second sister is Neuro-typical, but has married a man with mild AS (diagnosed last year) and of their two sons, the oldest has Tourettes Syndrome and the youngest has Oppositional Defiance Disorder.
If you can make any sense of that you'll realise that the cynics who say ASD's are not inherited can stick that theory somewhere unpleasant..!
I've been looking for a while for a forum of some description, that will keep me up to date with news and subjects related to AS and ASD's. So hopefully, i've found it here.
I figure that most of you are parents with children, or adults that know children with AS/ASD, most people in the world seem to be! If any of you want any opinions of what these kids may face in the future, then i'll be happy to venture my opinion - i'm not saying i'm an expert or anything, but i figure when it's coming from the horses mouth (so to speak), then my opinion carries a little more weight than most (Then again, i have AS so my opinion is probably quite narrowminded!!!)
For adults in the NOW, with AS there is little in the way of support, but if a few of us have to be the trailblazers and pathfinders for future generations, then it's not such a bad thing.
It would be nice to know if there are any other AS adults on the forum. Once you've sucked every lastbit of info out of the Jessica Kingsley publications (amongst others), you tend to realise you're pretty much stuck with it and fending for yourself!
Anyway enough of the depressing talk.
Hope this message finds you all well.
All the best.
The Reclusive Giraffe otherwise known as Kieran!
