JPR Mental Health Support Group

..that said I had borderline Asperger’s. Does that count? 🙂 Probably not. I might just be an introvert who dislikes a lot of people. 🙂 I’m glad you are feeling better about yourself.

I’m certain one of my sisters is also autistic, even moreso than I. But she said she had no interest in being “labeled.” She seems to forget that we’d already been labeled most of our lives, just not with formal/medical labels. I suspect my deceased sister was also on the spectrum, as well as one brother. Heck, probably even my mom. She was…[Read more]

My daughter and I have been diagnosed and my youngest son, as well.  Nephews and niece and her daughter, my oldest son is on the spectrum as well.

Yeah, I agree with that. It would be ugly to say the least if this were done without his consent.

Interventions occurred to me. However, when we visited earlier this year (he was still in his paid-for apartment), he never was available. Later, I received one of his texts telling me that he was embarrassed and that he was continuing to work on his…[Read more]

It sounds like he needed professional help a long time ago. I have no siblings and no experience with this sort of thing. I wouldn’t even know where to start to get him help if his mother isn’t willing to work toward that goal. At that age, getting him into a hospital or facility that could help him is almost impossible without his consent.