“Am I Autism?”

The other day at the library, I picked up a few videos in hopes of helping the kids and myself learn how to communicate about Autism. I was also seeking better ways of dealing with challenging sibling situations. I have tried to help the children learn how to understand Autism and themselves, but I feel that I fall short many times.

I wrote a post in January Learning About Frustrations.

It has many resources in regards to siblings and Autism. Still, we do not quite fit into the neurotypical/ (Alltistic? Neuro-seemingly-more-”normal,” than some of us, but based upon a group ideal that is technically not clearly defined, somehow culturally people know something that I do not.) Autistic sibling’s relationship here. Daniel is ASD with developmental delays and language delay. Ariel seems very much to be an Aspergers girl and Joshua seems to be an Aspergers boy with Dyslexia and possibly ADHD.

However, I do not have an official diagnosis for Ariel or Joshua.

I hope to have answers by the end of summer. Along with the resources I am using aboutgiftedness, I have been lurking about the library halls gathering more info about ADHD. I found this yesterday, The Survival Guide for Kids with ADD or ADHD and Cory Stories: A Kid’s Book About Living with ADHD. These books were eye opening for me. It was as if someone wrote specifically about my little Joshua.

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