tomisms Report post Posted November 16, 2009 Hi, just thought I'd best introduce myself - I have 5 kids aged from 22 to 5, and the 5 year old (Tom) is undergoing the whole diagnosis thing for aspergers syndrome. When I first took him to the doctors I thought he had tourettes cos he has so many tics and weird compulsions (I'd actually taken him before cos he's very hyper and doesn't sleep, but got told it was he was the youngest and obviously spoilt!). I was very surprised when the paed verbally diagnosed him with HFA/AS. Hope to get to know many of you on the boards and hopefully share experiences with you, get some advice and hopefully be able to offer support to others. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BruceCM Report post Posted November 16, 2009 Hi & welcome! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomisms Report post Posted November 16, 2009 Hi & welcome! Thanks for the welcome Bruce I keep browsing the threads and wanting to reply and I have oh so many questions to ask, but I think I shall browse the forum for a while before barging in. I'm pretty new to all this ASD stuff and don't have much to offer others as yet, 'cept for hugs, and I feel quite selfish wanting to ask so many questions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BruceCM Report post Posted November 16, 2009 Up to you. Maybe post one or two, if there's some that bother you more than others? Not that I'm claiming to have many answers to any of them! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parentsofdisabledchildren Report post Posted November 19, 2009 Helllo and welcome to the forum <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kathryn Report post Posted November 19, 2009 Hi tomisms, welcome to the forum. Don't worry about asking questions, we like them: it's what keeps the forum going. K x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Martin Howe Report post Posted November 20, 2009 Hello & welcome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trekster Report post Posted November 20, 2009 (edited) Hi, just thought I'd best introduce myself - I have 5 kids aged from 22 to 5, and the 5 year old (Tom) is undergoing the whole diagnosis thing for aspergers syndrome. When I first took him to the doctors I thought he had tourettes cos he has so many tics and weird compulsions (I'd actually taken him before cos he's very hyper and doesn't sleep, but got told it was he was the youngest and obviously spoilt!). I was very surprised when the paed verbally diagnosed him with HFA/AS. Hope to get to know many of you on the boards and hopefully share experiences with you, get some advice and hopefully be able to offer support to others. Welcome i tic under stress but im not sure if im tourettic or not. i think the reaction of being spoilt was out of order and uncalled for. Im an asperger amongst other things. Alexis Edited November 20, 2009 by trekster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
