Autism in young adults

surfcity
Wed, 03 Aug 2022 22:00:17 +0000

mathmom:

Is it possible that he has ADD-inattentive not autism? Not everyone is hyperactive. I never got a real diagnosis for my younger son, but most of his school issues seemed to stem from disorganization, not being an aural learner at all. He’s in the Navy now and lives with post-its reminding him of what to do. Especially making sure he has all the parts of his uniform!

This definitely may be part of it. He was on ADD medication in HS and part of college and admitted that it helped him, but he didnt like the way it made him feel. I don’t think he takes it currently.

He seems to do everything at the last minute. A deadline is needed to get anything done. Even if it is laundry - if he says, I will do laundry on Mondays, then Monday night he will be doing laundry.

fiftyfifty1:

Is he interested in getting assessed? If he is, that’s great, but it may take a really long time to get in with an expert (around here over a year waiting list.) But even if he doesn’t want to get assessed, it may be useful to think of him in your own mind as being “neurodiverse” or “spectrum adjacent.”

According to one parent who talked to him, he was interested in the idea and it doesn’t appear as tho it had occurred to him. I guess getting Dx is only important in that it could change the current treatment for the depression and the approach the family takes to helping him launch. It’s not helpful to say, “Get a job by September” if his potential neurodiversity is making that impossible to do without other supports.