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  1. L

    RESEARCH: Recruiting fathers diagnosed with ASD

    Hi all, My name is Lucy and I am a clinical psychology doctoral student and am currently carrying out a piece of research for my thesis. I am interested in finding out more about the experience of people who are fathers and have the diagnosis of Autism. Please see below my research advert. If...
  2. Andie Kinney

    Adopted father has cancer, I'm not sad but feel guilty

    [Already posted in Forums] I found out that my adopted father has lymphoma and I don't feel sad. I was abused and have stopped talking to most of the adopted family. I didn't feel happy finding out but I wasn't sad either. I don't know if this is because of autism or trauma. I do feel anxiety...
    • Andie Kinney
    • Blog entry
    • 1 min read
    • abuse cancer emotion family issues family outcast father fear guilty overwhelm ptsd
    • Category: Aspergers & Autism
  3. Andie Kinney

    Adopted father has cancer, I'm not sad but I feel guilty

    I found out that my adopted father has lymphoma and I don't feel sad. I was abused and have stopped talking to most of the adopted family. I didn't feel happy finding out but I wasn't sad either. I don't know if this is because of autism or trauma. I do feel anxiety and guilt because I'm not...
  4. Andie Kinney

    Adopted Family

    Writing about coping with the effects of being raised in an abusive adopted family. About coping with the long-term effects of emotional abuse and being raised undiagnosed/misdiagnosed. Learning how to live without the family after going no contact with most of them. About the intersections of...
    • Andie Kinney
    • Blog
    • autism emotional abuse family issues father grief illness trauma abuse
    • Blog entries: 1
  5. Aspychata

    Uh Mom? Uh Dad? Did either of these show Asperger-type behavior?

    My mom was definitely cold, l don't remember a huggy caring mother. l remember that l didn't feel accepted, almost a burden in some respects by the teenage years. What does your childhood bring up in your mind.
  6. The Gentle and Brave Writer

    Changing how a man looks good on my paper

    I now have a map with all the places with hidden mines that I have to avoid in my love life. These mines are charming, exciting, intelligent men, that had unloving mothers. I also have in my map a destination: a man with his feet on Earth, capable of love, (since he received lots of it when he...
    • Sabrina
    • Blog entry
    • 5 min read
    • break up divorce father kids men mother parenting relationships separation women
    • Category: General
  7. A

    I believe my dad has aspergers - would it help him to know about it?

    Hello everyone! I strongly believe my father has aspergers (or is somehow on the autistic spectrum). My sister's therapist is the one who first mentioned the idea, following that I did a lot of research for months, and everything suddenly clicked. We found the courage to talk about it to my mum...
  8. M

    Do those symptoms sound like ASD?

    I'm not asking for a diagnosis, it recently dawned on me that my father might be autistic, He's 67 so I'm not going to do anything about it, I just want some closure after growing up in my toxic family that wasn't perfect otherwise anyways. So here are some examples: - walks into the room and...
  9. K

    Money and Business Woes, and What to do Now

    Hello all. A little introduction about me: I work for my father at his fledgling business. He's relied on money from family to stay afloat and things are not looking to get better, beside absolutely everyone's insistence that they are. Some of that money has come from me, albeit unwillingly. He...
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