Background info: My fourth child is 15yrs. He was diagnosed PDD>NOS-mild autism at 3 yrs. Is making, has made, great progress.
The dialogue went something like this last evening:
Son: Mom, what are you watching on the laptop; a movie about autism?
Mom: Yep, I'm on the autism website.
Son: I think I'm autistic.
Mom: Why so?
Son:Not sure.
Mom: Thinking to herself, I knew this day was coming. Should I tell him?
Mom: At one time,you were diagnosed with PDD>NOS
Son: Oh, what is that?
Mom:A form of Autism
Son:Oh
End of Discussion For the Evening
Next Morning
Son I looked up PDD>NOS, I have autism!
Mom: Yes, you were diagnosed when you were a lot younger.
Son: When was I diagnosed; and why?
Mom: I brought you to the doctor because I noticed you had some very interesting skills that needed to be checked out. Like you taught yourself to read. You have a super duper memory and you would point the way home to me whilst driving from far away distances. You know, Bill Gates has been said to have a form of autism,Vincent Van Gogh, Issac Newton (he knows them all) You were three.
Son: Ooooohh, so I was diagnosed a genius!!!!
Mom: Yes. But, don't brag about it!!!!
True Story
The dialogue went something like this last evening:
Son: Mom, what are you watching on the laptop; a movie about autism?
Mom: Yep, I'm on the autism website.
Son: I think I'm autistic.
Mom: Why so?
Son:Not sure.
Mom: Thinking to herself, I knew this day was coming. Should I tell him?
Mom: At one time,you were diagnosed with PDD>NOS
Son: Oh, what is that?
Mom:A form of Autism
Son:Oh
End of Discussion For the Evening
Next Morning
Son I looked up PDD>NOS, I have autism!
Mom: Yes, you were diagnosed when you were a lot younger.
Son: When was I diagnosed; and why?
Mom: I brought you to the doctor because I noticed you had some very interesting skills that needed to be checked out. Like you taught yourself to read. You have a super duper memory and you would point the way home to me whilst driving from far away distances. You know, Bill Gates has been said to have a form of autism,Vincent Van Gogh, Issac Newton (he knows them all) You were three.
Son: Ooooohh, so I was diagnosed a genius!!!!
Mom: Yes. But, don't brag about it!!!!
True Story
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