I won't bore you all (YET!) with details and elaborate background.
Simple question.....
Our 14 yr old has AS - a bit on the lower spectrum, if you will.
My maternal uncle is Autistic.
Does this skip a generation or would I also have AS? (Also, 'mildly', if you will).
I ask, because hers being a bit 'mild', if you will. However, when I look back at MY childhood I def. see some of the 'symptoms.' In fact, I still do but I THINK I just learned how to cope. I can read people VERY well. I learned early on that if I said something maybe too blunt, and saw the person's facial expression reflect that, I'd quickly say something jokingly or 'soften' it.
I was dx'ed with Adult (onset) ADHD many years ago, then Bipolar II a few years ago.
I also wonder if some of these symptoms (ADHD, BP II, and AS) may overlap? OR, is it really AS but I was dx'ed with the others.
OH, I was dx'ed WAY before I learned that my uncle is Autistic.
(We knew something was very different - so did mom, of course - but did not learn of his actual diagnosis until THIS year. He is almost 60 now and lives with one of my other uncles. We're not a very close family which is why me and mom didn't know until now. OF course when my uncle told me, it was an "AHA!!!" moment, then I told him about our daughter.)
Hope this all makes sense and I'm not too terribly misunderstood....
Thanks and HAPPY NEW YEAR )