Hello, I am glad to join this wonderful community of friends! I am a mother of a very intelligent, kind (to me at least, most of the time), 20 year old young man, diagnosed with ADD, and my husband and I have recently come to believe that he is somewhat in the spectrum, because he struggles socially, he’s not very good with his communication skills, he gets very upset with my husband who is his stepdad for just the slightest thing, my husband can barely ask him anything and he will get defensive. My son doesn’t like to hang out with my other two step sons who are good kids and a lot of fun and invite him often to join them to outings with them. He likes them though and has a good relationship with them. Having said all this, my question is, does anybody has some advice to give me, please? Does anybody think this description might lead us into thinking he might have some Asperger or Autism? Where can we go to have him properly diagnosed? He’s already 20 years old, we want to be very cautious on how to approach this topic with him. I appreciate any help/ advice, please!
Posted by Worriedmom at 2024-06-30 14:52:12 UTC