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[quote=Anonymous]Well wait a minute. No one is giving OP a hard time, and the person who suggested she might have some HFA tendencies herself clearly didn't mean it in a negative way.  OP says that even as a child she related better to adults and didn't understand kids, that she relies on "mimicry" to handle social situations, and that she is very uncomfortable going into this new situation and not understanding the social expectations. These are all very Aspie things to say and worry about!  So I want to say two things to OP. First, don't worry about this upcoming encounter because an HFA kid and his mom are the very last people in the world who are going to judge you for not knowing the right way to act or the right thing to say!  I have an HFA kid about that age, and have learned to love these kids and their families. If you don't know the right thing to do or say, tell the mom that and she will understand.  That is a big part of what her son is struggling with.  And second, you might want to read a book by a woman diagnosed with Aspergers later in life. Maybe Cynthia Kim or Liane Holliday Wiley?  Aspergers presents very differently in women and is often missed. I suspect you will recognize aspects of your experience in there even if the full picture doesn't seem to describe you. And you might find it very interesting. That has been my experience.  I am not autistic but I definitely see aspects of myself in my son's ASD-related behavior and thinking, and have learned a lot about myself from this stuff. There are a lot of us in the "broader autistic phenotype" even if we are not actually on the spectrum.

Cynthia Kim's blog is musingsofanaspie.com[/quote]

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