Living with Asperger's Syndrome

[miniwhinny]

You crack me up too Molly and I'm really glad that this was brought up- I had no idea and hadn't read your siggy. I for one want you to feel safe and happy here and feel that you are around friends who care and understand

 

[Molly's Run Minis]

You crack me up too Molly and I'm really glad that this was brought up- I had no idea and hadn't read your siggy. I for one want you to feel safe and happy here and feel that you are around friends who care and understand

i'm known for my blunt and honest humor in my family

i think now that people on the forum know it will be easier, hopefully

 

[Molly's Run Minis]

Molly you crack me up as you sound so much like my niece! If your ever in Ohio you have to come visit me and the horses!

Another thing I forgot is my niece gets hurt A LOT especially when she was younger. Very typical. But what wasnt typical is she had a huge threshold for pain so would often be misdiagnosed. I remember when she tore her ACL playing soccer and I rushed her to the hospital. They kept insisting it was just a strained knee because she wasnt in enough pain. I knew she had torn it because I heard that awful "pop". I insisted they do an MRI of her knee and they were just shocked that it was a horrible injury (which took 2 surgeries and 1 year of rehab to fix) The Dr felt so bad because he had refused her pain meds. I had to explain to him that she had aspergers and they will not express emotion well, not even pain. So when she said to me "aunt kay it hurts pretty bad" I knew in real terms that meant excruiating pain. The rest of us would have passed out from the pain but she would just say it hurts pretty bad.

I have been told that it is because of people like her that hospitals started the pain scale system (rate your pain from 1-10)

i have to say, i'm not afraid to tell someone i'm in pain.

i've also been told i'm a very good judge of character. one teacher i said was a jerk, no one believed me because she was so nice, 2 yrs later she gets fired for choking a student.

another teacher(sub actually) i hated with a passion even though everyone else liked her was recently my cousins sub. she was escorted off the grounds when she called a 7yr old a pain in the @ss, he has some condition that makes him hyper, therefore its difficult for him to sit still. she called him a pain in the but because of it.

that senior cheif teacher thing i told ya about, had bad feelings about him when i first walked in the door and heard his voice

another teacher, always had bad feelings about him. found out he was recently fired for grabbing a female students butt.

i have rarely been wrong! our school system stinks as you can see