Symptoms in adulthood

Asperger's syndrome is a lifelong condition, although it tends to stabilize over time, and improvements are often seen. Adults usually obtain a better understanding of their own strengths and weaknesses. They are able to learn social skills and how to read others' social cues. Many people with Asperger's syndrome marry and have children.

Some traits that are typical of Asperger's syndrome, such as attention to detail and focused interests, can increase chances of university and career success. Many people with Asperger's seem to be fascinated with technology, and a common career choice is engineering. However, scientific careers are by no means the only areas where people with Asperger's excel. Indeed, many respected historical figures have had symptoms of Asperger's, including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, and Thomas Jefferson

If I met you in person I doubt I could talk to you other than the simplest of pleasantries....

There are probably only two people on this board that I could actually talk to in person. That's Chance and Eddie... maybe Lish....

.... It's just that those two I've talked with more than most and it been enough to start to feel comfortable with 'em.

" I always got sent along with her to supposedly keep her in line, I guess."

I do that now, with my two oldest boys.

your rihgt step step STEP! however I have a step sister, and I have step kids, it just never enters my mind that they are step, family is family. I

...Sometimes we can't have it all. Sometimes we have to leave somebody behind. Sometimes trying your best isn't enough. Sometimes pain is better than suffering.

...I didn't want to be a part of them or their ways or have anything to do with them. I was from a different culture they didn't understand and thought was a trash culture anyway, besides being weird and introverted, and we completely failed to communicate and quickly stopped trying.

...but then I would have missed the good times he and I had together and I loved those times.

no one ever has it all. you could have had a seemingly "normal" family, but not even begin to love, let alone like, your father and have the few good memories that you still have of him to cherish.

I think, for the sake of his own happiness, he would have be better off cutting me loose or cutting her loose, at least in the beginning.

While I know that wouldn't have solved all his problems, maybe he could have enjoyed his life a little more, rather than the near daily misery of trying to have us all get along.