dnicoll

Hiya, and thanks for the good wishes. I'm sure my diagnosis will help me. As for my son, I dunno whether a diagnosis will be too much for him atm (whether the extra 'label' will be too much for him) but I think he'll be ok. My wife will be chatting to my sister in law to discuss..

Hi. Another newbie. Aged 44, diagnosed Dec 2012 with Asperger's following mental health interventions and hospitalisation after a breakdown in mid-2011. Also have generalised and social anxiety. Been self employed in various guises for quite a while now - oddly enough working with businesses facing change . Mainly do "making the rulebook work for you and not the other way round" marketing and business development stuff, so have done quite a bit with 'regulated' businesses/industries and those where the legal framework is important. Being diagnosed was a real help to give me and the family a framework to work off. My son (12) has leukaemia and damaged liver function, and probably is an Aspie (currently weighing up pros/cons of putting him through the assessment process). I have a nephew who is a diagnosed Aspie, and two nephews diagnosed with diabetes.