Have a sibling or a relative with AS/Autism?

[superboyian]

Have a sibling or a relative with AS/Autism?

Me, my dad, my uncle (on my dad's side) have it.

Anyone else?

 

[Emor]

My uncle has it afaik .
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[Calvert]

I'm not aware of anyone in my family who has it.

 

[Sipe]

Not that I know of. My mother told me once that her uncle might have had Asperger tho.

 

[142857]

My youngest brother seems to have it, seems to be a classic case. In fact, when I first started researching it (because I thought it might explain some of my son's peculiarities), what struck me was how much my brother fit the bill on all of the diagnostic criteria. We've never spoken directly about it, but lately he has been diagnosing his friends with Aspergers and has suggested that my son has mild Aspergers, so I suspect that he has worked it out for himself and done some research.

I was the only child in my family with delayed speech development, but apparently in my maternal grandfather's family a lot of the boys have delayed speech development. But no low-functioning autism as far as I am aware. My Uncle (mother's brother) was always weird, always acted like a big kid, acted inappropriately with children, never had a proper job. He was huge, never did any sport or exercise but he was about 3 times as strong as an average man. He spoke very formally, and it took him forever to get through a sentence because of a dreadful stutter. Never had friends outside of his dodgy friends at the "vintage car club". He loved "gadgets" and was very good with the technology of the time that I was growing up (70s) and we spent a lot of time at my grandmother's house (where he still lives). He had an enormous collection of pens and keys. He had a bunch of what looked like about 50 keys, and he could tell you the story behind each of them. He used to apply for jobs that he wasn't even remotely qualified for, land himself an interview, and always made sure that he scored a pen with the company name and logo on it. My mother went through her whole life blaming herself because she dropped him on his head when he was a baby, but in hindsight it probably had nothing to do with that.

My son, who recently turned 5, shows some traits. It is difficult to be objective, but lately he seems to be "growing out" of some of them. He and his baby sister are like polar opposites, like night and day, but they love each other to death. Where I am based now I can't get a proper assessment done, so I concentrate on giving him a happy and stable environment.

My father had traits of just about every mental or neurological disorder I can think of. I don't think even a psychiatric version of Gregory House would have been able to work him out. I'm not going to try. More likely schizophrenia or bipolar than Aspergers though.

 

[juffur]

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[Ferdinand]

No.

 

[Shiroi Tora]

My son was originally diagnosed as being Autistic (we now realize he is an Aspie). He was given 35-40 hrs. a week in home ABA therapy...The therapists were great. My son has come so far...mostly due to my wife. I chronicle his life up to now and the therapy, philosophy and education that has made such a positive difference in my blog on it (signature). If you are a parent..I urge you to read it.

 

[chinaberry]

I don't think anyone's been officially diagnosed, but my dad told me that he suspected two of his uncles had Aspergers (although I think then they must have had Kanners, because my dad thinks that Aspergers is more 'serious', or 'obvious' than it can be). My mum shows many Aspergers traits, but only two of the main symptoms (the social thing and obsessive behaviour). My cousin I think could be very very mildly autistic- he's been diagnosed with a few mental disorders, but he's doing really really well now. It's possible to grow out of PDD-NOS, isn't it?

 

[Thatguy109]

My step cousin has aspergers, he's been doing a lot better recently and will be attending college next year. He used to have a lot of communication issues and had trouble coping with the conventions of society; all of his family members (me included) have been helping him for years to overcome these challenges and are very proud of his accomplishments. He appreciates being treated seriously and not like a child, which is how I've always treaded him. I'll engage in intellectual conversations with him or even just talk about recent movies. He's a good kid, i'm glad he's finally getting the chance to make new friends and see the world.

 

[CJinherPJs]

My dad is not diagnosed but I see certain traits in him. He always seemed to be able to relate better to my social difficulties than my mum (who is very much NT) and says he sees a lot of himself at my age within me. He also tells me it wouldn't surprise him if he got diagnosed with AS or something similar.

I also have a third cousin on my dad's side who is severely autistic. I'm not aware of anyone on my mum's side who has it though.

 

[umbrellabeach]

As far as I know I'm the only one in my family with any type of autism. I'm glad about that because I like being different and standing out.

 

[megan22]

My older sister has autism. I have struggled with understanding her disability and I have found this forum really helpful.

 

[Streetwise]

Have a sibling or a relative with AS/Autism?

Me, my dad, my uncle (on my dad's side) have it.

Anyone else?

Think one relative