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[quote=Anonymous]Here's our story:

1. DS: I knew my son was high-functioning autistic since he was little. He was diagnosed very late, because his global developmental delay, severe ADHD and learning disabilities masked everything else during his first several childhood evaluations. We were already doing social skills groups, narrative support, and all we could to address the socio-emotional symptoms of his autism, so I didn't lose therapy time with his tardy ASD diagnosis. His childhood was spent in therapies for all his needs, and he worked really hard to get into college. He's academically successful but totally asocial and has no friends, which hurts him professional and privately. He doesn't know how to network. He might not ever get married.

2. DD: this year, at 15, and with her older brother as comparison, she asked to be evaluated for mild ADHD. She was diagnosed with autism instead. We were all very surprised, but in hindsight there were subtle signs we did not connect to autism: she had selective mutism in preschool, has always been very shy, but I thought that having one best friend and being able to relate to others showed that she was not autistic. She will have to navigate her social anxiety, but apart from that, she seems entirely functional. Honestly, if this was 20 years ago, I don't think there's any way she would have been diagnosed!

3. DH and I. My husband is similar to my son (no friends, finds it hard to relate to people, but hey, he did manage to be attractive enough to get married!), and I am similar to my daughter (small friend group but tons of social anxiety). It appears we're a little autistic family :-) We are all reconciled to our psychological profiles.
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