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    Almost married to - and a step parent of - undiagnosed aspies

    This is the role I would like to play. How I would have loved to be there! You sound delightful. Thank you for the resource. I know the way I've dealt with most children isn't working with her so I'm definitely ready for a different approach. You're absolutely right and this is not...
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    Almost married to - and a step parent of - undiagnosed aspies

    Thank you for the encouragement. That's so interesting! I see it the same way.
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    Almost married to - and a step parent of - undiagnosed aspies

    Yes, I think you're right. You're right, their evaluation of her based entirely on how he was growing up. That is their normal. Yes it does, and while a lot of her behavior is just being a 2 year old, the normal ways I've worked with children in the past just don't seem to be working. As...
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    Almost married to - and a step parent of - undiagnosed aspies

    Why thank you! :) This sounds so much like my man. And I love him for it. One quirk is that he comes up with elaborate schemes to decipher how people think. He'll ask very-carefully-designed bizarre questions that are supposed to reveal some hidden truth. Sometimes his reasoning is based on...
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    Almost married to - and a step parent of - undiagnosed aspies

    I think you're absolutely right about his approach being warped by trauma/PTSD. The more I think about it, that's probably the first issue that needs to be addressed. "Busy baby" is an apt description for her and I'm happy with her being young for her age and developing on her own schedule...
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    Almost married to - and a step parent of - undiagnosed aspies

    Yes, he has many wonderful qualities. However, his attitude toward the outside world and socialization is causing me a lot of concern -- thank you so much for helping to clarify my thoughts about the situation! I suspected that unless he was totally on board with the diagnostic process that an...
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    Almost married to - and a step parent of - undiagnosed aspies

    He says he wants me to be her mom and play a full parenting role in raising her. He does not want her in the public school system and we've even talked about my homeschooling her. Not sure what the ex would have to say about that! I know a number of children are slow to develop which is no...
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    Almost married to - and a step parent of - undiagnosed aspies

    Thanks for the advise regarding choice of professionals. I will look into finding someone whose approach I like in addition to the online & library research I've been doing. As far as watching tv with her or asking her questions, I'm afraid that's out of the question. She's very sweet but a...
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    Almost married to - and a step parent of - undiagnosed aspies

    Thanks for your perspective. The girl's mother has 50% custody. I have been wanting to have this conversation face - to - face for about a month but he struggles with listening comprehension at the best of times. Texting is a great idea.
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    Almost married to - and a step parent of - undiagnosed aspies

    Thanks so much for the advice. I'm actually not married. He would like to be married ASAP but at the moment I don't want to plan a wedding until we can have an honest discussion about his daughter, resulting in her being seen by a professional -- mainly because I want to know how to influence...
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    Almost married to - and a step parent of - undiagnosed aspies

    Thanks for the welcome Bolletje! The unexpected connections made online are so much fun.
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    Almost married to - and a step parent of - undiagnosed aspies

    Good deal! In my last job I worked to advocate for cattle ranchers & am still working on communicating the positive impact of large animal grazing on the environment. I've also done my share of day working.
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    Almost married to - and a step parent of - undiagnosed aspies

    Nice to meet you! I have a few friends who are roughies and named my first horse after Chris Ledoux. I never rodeoed but worked for a number of cow horse, cutting, and rope horse trainers. I was a loper for years and rode colts for a living too but right now I'm working on getting my amateur...
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    Almost married to - and a step parent of - undiagnosed aspies

    Hi! I am diagnosed ADHD in a relationship with a wonderful, high IQ (165) man whom I suspect is an aspie. He has a 50% custody of his beautiful 2.5 year old daughter and I believe she has Asperger's/ASD. They have very little interaction with the outside world and are undiagnosed. I am...
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