Is there any website that has a quiz I can let her take that at tIhe end would give her an idea of what she might be dealing with. even if its not a formal dignosage at least when she comes over I can help her research it and find things she can do as therapies?! Hopefully if I work with her my mom will start to see enough of wants going on to know that this kid isn't too old to be dignosed with something like aspergers. I just want whats best for my sister and I really think that's understanding this is what your dealing with heres why and heres a skill to help u live with the disorder yet grow!
I don't know of any kind of quiz. I've found lots of checklists and found books about aspergers and adolescence. My son is only 5 and we are working on a dx now. I would think your best bet is to look online with your sister and see if she feels that aspergers fits her. Then maybe you could go together and talk to your mom. I could not imagine not doing everything I could for my son no matter how old he was. Would your mom really ignore you guys if you sat her down together and your sister told her exactly how she feels? I'm so sorry that you guys have to go thru that, I know how hard it is for me to watch my son and i couldn't imagine going thru that without any help/therapies. Good luck!
Quoting BeccaGK:I don't know of any kind of quiz. I've found lots of checklists and found books about aspergers and adolescence. My son is only 5 and we are working on a dx now. I would think your best bet is to look online with your sister and see if she feels that aspergers fits her. Then maybe you could go together and talk to your mom. I could not imagine not doing everything I could for my son no matter how old he was. Would your mom really ignore you guys if you sat her down together and your sister told her exactly how she feels? I'm so sorry that you guys have to go thru that, I know how hard it is for me to watch my son and i couldn't imagine going thru that without any help/therapies. Good luck!
I don't understand it much myself but thats why I want to find some test and check list for her. I'm not quite sure its aspergers because she has lots of friends I see her often trying to overly do it when she plays match maker, or she tried like 10x to add this girl in her class to her fb before the girl finally wrote her this nasty email. I felt bad but at the same time its like after the 1st or 2nd try socially you have to understand the que this person is trying to give. She writes these stories too and although shes good at it the stories are not appropriate for a 14 yr old. That my mom and I have put our foot down at but we know she does it behind our backs. They are about teens being abused, raped, or living in foster care. Nothing my sister has ever delt with. How ever she still doesn't get why it's not ok to write about these things! I try telling her write about faries or wizards or heck write about urself. She says shes boring. I say no your not ur a middle schooler with at least a learning disability and you should express that so u can help some kid who is dealing with the same thing. She says mom would be lead if she ever knew she wrote about being ignored. I told her every kid feels ignored by their parents at one time or.another plus write about school or how that one kids mom wont let the 2 of u be friends cuz u take special ed classes. (stupid parents) write about that if u wamt to write about drama.
It is never too late to get diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. I was diagnosed as an adult back in May 1997, and it comes in handy every once in a while for me. With the diagnosis, she will qualify for services to help her reach her level of independence.
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Maybe your mom just doesn't want to admit that something is wrong. I know that I feel some guilt about my son even tho I know that it wasn't anything that I did. It sounds like your sister has learned how to act around some kids by watching all these yrs and it trying to "be that kind of kid" so she has friends but isn't being herself if she has to try that hard. My son was asking ppl to be his friend constantly. It didn't matter if they said yes, he'd just walk away and tell the teacher that he had a friend so he could go play on his own. He asked the same girl everyday and she finally told him that if he asked her again that she would tell him no, she wasn't his friend because she got sick of hearing it every day. I know there are some ppl on here with teenagers and they might be able to help you more with regards to their behavior
Good for you to be on top of it with your sister as well as your daughter. My son who is 12 had always been "SHY"! I thought social anxiety disorder but in the back of my mind it was "aspergers". He had always been a bit different. I just thought he danced to the beat of his own drum. I did so much research & seen that a lot of people are over looked as kids with what ever they may have including aspergers. But in the last few months things had gotten so bad with his behavior now that he is in middle school that we had no choice but to get him tested. He was dx with general anxiety as well as social anxiety. His biggest symptom all the way was his social skills. I am so glad we got answers. Like you said you want your sister to know why she is different. I felt/feel the same about my son. Sorry, I don't know any quizes. But just wanted to share a "bit" of my story with you. Good luck.
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