What kind of support did you get while growning up/now?

[felines are superior]

I never did because I was never diagnosed. But I'm sure I have Asperger. I even flap my fingers all the time, and a million other things. I never got any support from anyone, including my parents, who think everyone should be the same, it's wrong to be different. And have ordered me to make friends, and to follow the crowd and always do what the other girls were doing.

 

[Pats]

Same here. Basically ordered to be normal. Cousins and other kids just thought I was a weird kid. My siblings always just thought those quirks was just me being me. I had no interest in what the other girls my age were into either and usually got along better with the guys and they'd always tell me they liked me because I was different than all the other girls.

 

[Suzanne]

No support. Well, I do have a vague memory of being taken to a dr and went onto a therapist due to my severe shyness. I would have been around 8 or 9. There was some suggestion of deep insecurity issues but never went further.

I do think if I had been diagnosed with aspergers, that perhaps I would have had a cloying childhood and I say this, because mother LOVES being ill. I no longer in contact with her, but I do not think she has changed. One of my siblings actually said that mother enjoys old age, because she has an excuse to be lazy!

What I was taught was that to be ill is a good thing. Only when we were ill, did mother treat us as a mother ought to.

Sorry, I veer away from the actually topic. Basically, it would have been a different type of nightmare if I had been recognised as aspergers.

My husband tries to support me and sometimes he is a support and I do appreciate those times; just wish they came more often!

 

[SusanLR]

No support growing up because it was something not thought about back then.
Only if you were LFA it would have been noticed.
I think most of the HFA or Aspergers got other diagnostic labels depending on what issues you exhibited.
I was first taken to a psychologist at age 13 when I started having anxiety and panic attacks,
so I was "panic disorder with agoraphobia."
Autism just wasn't thought about as long as you did well at learning in school.

Only since my diagnosis three years ago at age 58 have I received any support.
Talk therapy sessions with a psychologist that specialises in autism and a social worker to
answer questions regarding financial and living arrangements.

 

[Progster]

I didn't get support when I was a child because I wasn't diagnosed until later in life, though I got help for schoolwork and social anxiety. I don't get any support now, I'm expected to cope on my own. I don't want to rely on people too much and I want to be independent, but I feel that I need more support with some things.

 

[Southern Discomfort]

I was to a special speech and language unit for the first two years of school life, that is preschool and year 1. I saw a speech therapist for a good few years until I finished primary school at 11, I think. They helped to learn to make friends and how to play alongside them with role playing games.

I did also get a classroom assistant and extra time during exams too in secondary school and additional learning during school break times.

 

[Ezra]

Because my autism started out as severe, I had special ed and occupational therapy. I'm moderate now but as my mom would say, still very autistic. My family has been supportive which has made things easier for me and them.

 

[Mr Allen]

Hardly any, although I did have a CCA (Child Care Attendant) at secondary school.

 

[clg114]

I did not receive any support because when I was a kid nobody knew anything about autism. The only kind of autism that was recognized then was LFA. By the time that I was diagnosed, I was 62. By then I was married, had a family and a good career. I do not feel like I am disabled and I do not need any help. I believe that my autism has helped me excel in my work. To me, the bad parts of autism are just a inconvenience that I have gotten used to.

 

[Graphin]

No support, rather even more problems, and ordered to be normal. I'm too lazy to type in my new story.

 

[BraidedPony]

No support at all. My parents put my little brother into foster care because he wasn’t able to fit in socially as well as I. Males have a harder time from what I’ve been reading and females are better able to “mask”.
I think being Aspie may have been one reason for the child abuse I received. If I had left the house more often I wouldn't have been available for beatings.

 

[Graphin]

Foster care sounds better to me in many situations than remaining with the parents

 

[onlything]

None really. You either blend in or learn to cope with being a 'weirdo'.

 

[Pats]

No support at all. My parents put my little brother into foster care because he wasn’t able to fit in socially as well as I. Males have a harder time from what I’ve been reading and females are better able to “mask”.
I think being Aspie may have been one reason for the child abuse I received. If I had left the house more often I wouldn't have been available for beatings.

No - it was your parents' lack of patience. Sorry you had to go through that.

 

[the_tortoise]

I got a lot of natural support from my parents and friends (with social things, executive functioning problems, language, sensory issues).

Schools tried to do interventions for social/behavioral issues but those interventions were confusing, traumatizing failures.

 

[AO1501]

No support at all. All anyone knew of autism then was the classic low functioning symptoms, so I was just said to be troublesome and difficult, and moody and stubborn....amongst other less savoury things. I was punished a lot, but not supported.

 

[Bolletje]

I didn’t get support as a child because I was only diagnosed as an adult. When I was diagnosed age 29 I wasn’t eligible for any support because I functioned reasonably well.

I’m currently looking into an institute that offers coaching for high functioning adults on the spectrum. I think it could be useful for me.

 

[SimplyWandering]

Not a shred of support, except for a learning disability. There really weren't many services available back in the early 90s and the internet resources weren't available Until the 2000s , it's probably only he last 5 to 10 years that Autism resources have become more available.

Unfortunately, my brother is lower functioning then I am and he got more of the parental support.

 

[disconnected]

Speech therapist, in school tutors, small classes with about 5 < people, un timed testing, private test areas, test readers etc-

College/

Enrolled in a support program with MANDATORY hours (2 a day)
With private tutors, untimed tests, different test locations, test readers, and probably some other stuff I forgot.

Now- nothing. I actually have a good job too.

 

[disconnected]

^ I received an adult diagnosis, but was diagnosed a bunch of other stuff as a child. That’s why I had all the accommodations. (See above)