Lost My Job and Doubting Myself

[BonesMS]

Just thinking of you .Bones, and sending you the best.                       Love   Ami
   

Thanks, Ami.

My mood is low today and I feel like I'm struggling.

Bones

[changing]

Hi Bonesy-

Hope you feel better and less tangled up with Ns and the vagaries of life. You do so much for others- myabe its time to give yourself a treat and focus on making Bonesy happy! Give things a rest for today- then go back and plunge into the search again- you will get there!
I will be thinking of you and hoping that you have some fun today!!

Love and hugs,
Changing

[Hopalong]

Sending you a big hug, Bones.
I'm glad for you that you have a new explanation for some things that have troubled you.

Mild Asperger's.

Has it helped?

Are there any associations or support groups along those lines?

love to you,
Hops

[BonesMS]

Hi Bonesy-

Hope you feel better and less tangled up with Ns and the vagaries of life. You do so much for others- myabe its time to give yourself a treat and focus on making Bonesy happy! Give things a rest for today- then go back and plunge into the search again- you will get there!
I will be thinking of you and hoping that you have some fun today!!

Love and hugs,
Changing

Thanks, Changing.

I didn't get this message until Sunday morning so thought you would like to know that I instinctively took your advice yesterday before I read your message.  I went to a volunteer activity yesterday and helped with traffic control, then my boyfriend took me out for a dinner-date last night.

Bones

[BonesMS]

Sending you a big hug, Bones.
I'm glad for you that you have a new explanation for some things that have troubled you.

Mild Asperger's.

Has it helped?

Are there any associations or support groups along those lines?

love to you,
Hops

Mild Asperger's seems to be the missing piece of the puzzle that helps explain a lot of things since birth, aside from dealing with an Nmother.  I'm looking into what associations or support groups are near me that I can plug into.  (BTW, I just read a sad story in PEOPLE magazine regarding a brother searching for his sister, Molly Jo.  Their mother sounds like a classic N, throwing a child away into an institution because she wasn't "perfect" and punished the brother for daring to mention the child's name in her presence.)

Bones

[BonesMS]

So far, my research has not turned up any face-to-face support groups in my area for Adults with Aspergers.  When I did a computer search, the closest thing that turned up was a support group, for parents of children with mental retardation, in Baltimore.  I don't fit the category of parents and I know that I do not have mental retardation given that I've graduated Summa Cum Laude from one university and just recently finished a Masters degree from another university.  It appears that there are some organizations that equate Asperger's Syndrome with mental retardation, which is often not the case.

Bones

[changing]

Hi Dear-

I am not a profesional, but from what I have read, those with Asperger's are often gifted with an unusually high intelligence- this may even contribute to their sensitivity. Wow Bonesey Summa Cum Laude- ypu are a Bomer Brain like Izzy!!!! I like that!!! (maybe some can rub off on me- I still lose my keys and even have trouble setting up a printer!)

Maybe you can find a T that specializes in Asp[erger's and can get a referral from there ( I'm not smart but I am resourceful sometimes!)

Love to you, and best wishes for you to find what you need professionally and in support- I know you will MASTER BONES!!!! Don't give up!!!

Love,

Changing

[BonesMS]

Hi Dear-

I am not a profesional, but from what I have read, those with Asperger's are often gifted with an unusually high intelligence- this may even contribute to their sensitivity. Wow Bonesey Summa Cum Laude- ypu are a Bomer Brain like Izzy!!!! I like that!!! (maybe some can rub off on me- I still lose my keys and even have trouble setting up a printer!)

Maybe you can find a T that specializes in Asp[erger's and can get a referral from there ( I'm not smart but I am resourceful sometimes!)

Love to you, and best wishes for you to find what you need professionally and in support- I know you will MASTER BONES!!!! Don't give up!!!

Love,

Changing

Thanks, Changing!

I'm not sure what therapist, around my neck of the woods, specializes in Aspergers in adults, especially Baby Boomers who were unable to be recognized as such during childhood.

Bones

[Hopalong]

Bones, hope there'll be something helpful here:

http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/support.html

xo,
Hops

[BonesMS]

Bones, hope there'll be something helpful here:

http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/support.html

xo,
Hops

Thanks, Hops!

Bones

[BonesMS]

Thanks, again, for the info.  I've contacted GRASP and just got a response back.  I'm still exploring the resources they have suggested.

Bones

[BonesMS]

I just found a website for an Aspie Quiz (Asperger Syndrome) and took the test.  The results were as follows:

Asperger's Syndrome Score = 180 out of 200

Neurotypical Score = 34 out of 200

Result = "You are probably an Aspie".

Bones

[Overcomer]

Wow Bones!  I just went to a meeting where the mother said her son had a double label-talented and gifted AND Asbergers!

[BonesMS]

Wow Bones!  I just went to a meeting where the mother said her son had a double label-talented and gifted AND Asbergers!

I would not doubt the talented and gifted part at all!   As I was reading about Asperger's, I read that there are quite a few talented and gifted people who are also adults living with Asperger's....actor, Dan Ackroyd, director Steven Spielberg and there is a hypothesis that Albert Einstein also had Asperger's.

Bones

[changing]

Hello Bonesy-

Well, we all know here that our Summa Bones is gifted and talented!!! Hope that you find everything that you need and that you have a fun weekend.

Love,

Changing