Re: I miss TH

On 7/31/14 3:46 PM, Donna Scanlon wrote:
> And a note on Henry: Neither he nor I ever use his Asperger's as an
> excuse. We note it as an /explanation/ because at times, he doesn't
> intend to be rude or weird. It's a factor of his challenge and sometimes
> people need to know what to ignore. I'd prefer he not be lumped in with
> other imaginary Aspies!

I am not an "imaginary Aspie" and I was not "diagnosed on the internet."
I was diagnosed seven years ago, aged 63, by a PhD Psychologist
specializing in Autism at the Parsons State Children's Hospital in
Parsons, Kansas. She was writing a paper on older Asperger's people who
had spent most of their lives undiagnosed, and she asked a lot of local
Mental Health Centers to send her subjects who might fit that. The
place where I was getting my antidepressants (nobody there qualified to
diagnose Asperger's) sent me to her. She diagnosed me. I was delighted
to find out (I'd always known that I was different) just _what_ was
different about my wiring, and I've been reading about it (much reading
on paper, and much on the internet) and getting more enlightened about
connections with my memories ever since.

My parents, way back when, didn't need to do any adjusting. They
thought that I was both "normal" and well above average in intelligence.
Unfortunately, I've been failing at things all my life, which didn't
make sense with early assessments of my potential.

Just to get that straight.

But clearly this is not the place for me, considering how quickly I
failed the second time I tried to connect. It took me longer to fail
the first time. I wish there were a real Tamson House. But you folks
don't even feel like de Lint fans.

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Sibyl Smirl
I will take no bull from your house! Psalms 50:9a
mailto:polycarpa3@ckt.net

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