The following questions are related to ‘Autistic Spectrum’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: What do you call a person that does everything someone else does? Like for instance, say I take a shower in the middle of the day my husband will do the same, if I take one in the morning he will do it too. One morning I made some bacon and toast, he did [...]
Q: I’m a Resident Assistant in a dorm at my university, and I’m in charge of a floor of about sixty girls and guys. One of my male students has unusual personal traits and habits which have made many of his floormates uncomfortable. I think he may have Asperger’s. He speaks in a low, jerky, [...]
Q: I have decided, after much research and reading seven books in the past two weeks, that the problems in my 32-year marriage to a fellow Ph. D. scientist are due to him having Asperger’s Syndrome. Something clicked. I have felt all along something was wrong; he is very high-functioning, and basically a good man [...]
Q: I am a mother of a 21-month-old who was born 6 weeks early. He has always been behind and “petite”. Recently however, I have noticed some changes that have me questioning whether my son has some “mild” Autistic traits. Being that he is 21 months old, he “scoots” on his bottom to crawl, he [...]
Q: Our son is 13 years old and has been diagnosed as having ADHD (4 years ago). He is on Metadate for this. What I’m really concerned about is his awkwardness in social situations. It’s very noticable by his body language and almost painful for me to watch him even walk out of school. He’s [...]
Q: My 15-year-old son, other than being very shy, pretty much glided through life as normal. Even his shyness did not really interfere with his life, as other children always seemed happy to initiate the first contact; once past that he would be at total comfort. Separation from me was never a problem, he was [...]
Q: I wonder if at 28, it’s too little, too late to receive help/treatment? In my case, I have Asperger’s, which caused me to develop severe depression and schizoid personality, along with serious emotional & social skills deficits. So, I have missed out on all the childhood events, experiences, learning & developmental phases, stages of [...]
