Hi there, I hope someone can help. My family are wondering whether my stepfather is Aspergic. My sister has thought so for a long time and knows something about the subject as she teaches an autistic boy using Lovaas (sp?) technique. A while ago she gave my mother a book called, I think, An Aspergic Marriage. My mum dismissed it at first but has just begun to accept that maybe her husband, our stepfather, does have aspergers. If this is the case it would explain an awful lot, it really would but a) how can she get a diagnosis? b) How can she possibly bring it up with him? c) what difference would it make? Other than we would understand him rather than finding his behaviour unfathomable. d) is there a checklist anywhere? would he have to display all of certain characteristics of just some? I don't know enough about this but I'd really appreciate any advice anyone can give me about how my mum (and I) can tackle this. TIA.
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WideWebWitch · 03/03/2005 12:33
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