Comments on: Parents with Asperger’s: Part 1 – Negative Stereotypes

By: Priscilla

Priscilla — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:07:05 +0000

Thank you for trying to find positive info about parents with Aspergers. I am a mother to one beautiful 4 year old girl, who is the center of my universe. In fact, she is currently, sitting in my lap while I type this. I was just recently formally diagnosed with Aspergers and am appalled at the lack of positive info about Aspergers parents.

By: Cathi

Cathi — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:50:58 +0000

I have had some recent experiences with Dr. Siegel and her low opinion of people of Asperger’s. Does anyone else have any information to share?

I’m concerned that she is likely to set parental expectations too low. If my mother had been convinced I was unlikely to live independently, let alone earn college degrees and do skilled volunteer work, I would’ve been denied these opportunities. I could’ve used more support earlier in life, but not shackles.

By: Sheena

Sheena — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:06:19 +0000

I have found some positive sites foe Aspie Parents! Here are the links:

http://aspiemama.blogspot.com/

http://cap.autistics.org/

hope you find these useful.

By: Melody

Melody — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:40:14 +0000

Thank you very much for the links. I have went even further trying to find positive resources since I first wrote this blog. So far, I’m still finding mainly negative sites. I was shocked especially to find a government health website in Australia who pushes these misrepresentations! Feel free to read it, you have to scroll down a bit to find the part that details the parenting experience and it relates to marriages. http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Asperger_syndrome_and_adults

By: Sheena

Sheena — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:13:20 +0000

I agree with what you have to say… As a Parent with Asperger’s (29 yrs. old and recently diagnosed), I have found it difficult to find information geared toward Aspie Parents and what I did find was exactly what you mentioned… I feel I am very attentive to my son (who is also most likely an Aspie; he is on a wait list to be diagnosed. He is almost 6 yrs. old). I feel like I know what he wants and needs with out him having to say anything. He reminds me of myself when I was a child, and I know how difficult it was for me, so I find that I am very sensitive and aware of him. I don’t want what I had to go through happen to him. Yes, I can get overwhelmed and stressed more so then a NT by my son, but I feel I am more in tune with him then a NT person is. I am also currently in a “battle” with the Ministry of Children and Families… as my son is not yet diagnosed and they have attributed his “behavior problems” as “Bad Parenting” I have read some articles on the web stating the same thing…

Here is one article I found. It is from the Uk, but I believe this to be happening all over the world.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3687612.stm

Here is a article I found that relates to what you have to say about most articles/ info stating that Apie Parents are “bad”.

http://www.myaspergerschild.com/2010/09/parents-with-asperger-syndrome.html

By: mel thule

mel thule — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:51:05 +0000

’tis very hard to find any resources for aspergic parents on the net ; spent yesterday on the ‘phone to various adult support groups for those with asperger’s and was told by all they’d never had a query from an aspergic parent before ! was somewhat confused by this …