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[Bluefairy513]

My son's father has left our family and this is pretty much a good thing because he was very antagonistic due to his own mental issues. His father would never be diagnosed as autistic, but their behavior is so very VERYsimilar. I am always being told that my son is autistic and his Dad's just an asshole. I say "What if my son's just an asshole?"

I know it sounds like a joke but it's a real question on my mind. IS this autism? Why is it autism in my son but not in his Dad?

[PhilCommander2]

being autistic can make it easier for a person to be an asshole but with the proper upbringing you can actually turn it around and make him a more caring person than your average person.

[Sheelamay]

My son was recently diagnosed w/ autism.. and we told the diagnosing specialist that a lot of the "red flag" habits or behaviors that he shows are things that myself and/or my husband did as kids or even still do... and their response was that it really didn't make a difference in the diagnosis... and then they even questioned my husband on his childhood saying that he too may have been a PDD case that was never diagosed. This video says exactly what we were trying to get across with no success.

[PhilCommander2]

thanks!

while you and your husbands own PDD or ASD traits wouldnt affect the diagnosis of your son (your sons behaviors are evaluated independantly) they would GREATLY impact on the different interventions used on your son or at least the areas that you are trying to have an effect on in your sons behavior.

[Scanlonam]

Also I feel that in addition to things my parents tried to "discipline" me out of my parents accepted several things, as "just the way it is", even to the point of discouraging me from trying to change them. I really wanted to develop some physical coordiantion. But my parents insisted it wasn't that important. As an adult, I've found that to be very, very wrong.

[PhilCommander2]

thanks for the insight and you make some great points scanlonam!

[Jonzboe]

@PhilCommander2

Just so you know, the son doesn't get his genetic height from his father, it comes from the mother :)

[vanitymott1]

I agree to a point of similar personal oddities and traits as the parents if we are talking about MILD AUTISM OR ASPERGERS, however if we are talking about a more severe form of autism, how can you say in your videos to understand the behavior as a passed on personality trait?? You are definately talking about mild cases in your videos.

[Bluefairy513]

GOOD to hear! Promise? LOL. I'm trying with all my might!

[Mamma2Mason]

My autistic son shows many of the same symptoms as my father. I truly believe my father is on the autism spectrum. They rarely see each other, but they have many of the same traits. I believe our kids are predisposed to have these symptoms. It is really interesting. The more we started seeing our son's symptoms the more my dad would be like, "I did that too!" It is weird! He also shows the same signs as my ADHD brother. Both my dad and brother are great now. My son will be too.

[Autrinka]

People don't want to accept that Autism is genetic. They see a big problem instead of, as I do with my children and myself, all the possibilities. I am quite happy my daughters are just like me (allthough I am told I should be sad about their Autism and Tourettes) because I can do right all the things my parents did wrong. It is nice to live with special children, as long as you have your eyes open for your own behaviour. People who don't accept this will harm their child more than Autism will.

[ABAisSCIENCE]

If you're saying a behavior implies a motivation & thus a way to capitalize on a skill for further behavioral gains then good. If you are saying that adults can't change, I beg to differ.

If you are saying a typical person with only minor mutations has the same problem as the person with far more mutations your wrong, but if you are saying similarities are trends you are right in that behavior is conditioned by others too.

Do autistic act autistic due to parents? No. We all are eccentric.

[linziakaava]

I absolutely agree with you !!!!!!!!!! I see alot of myself and my actions as a child in my autistic daughter.

[autimum]

I absolutely agree & one day these geneticist's will figure it out too. My brother used to get his hands smacked because he couldn't cross the mid line until they forced him to write with his right hand...Do you think I let the same thing happen when my son exhibited the same behaviour..NO WAY!

I know my husband & son are peas & carrots & I'm the corn thrown in. I know the same self stimming as my son however I can contain it better than my boys (son & husband),but it is still the same.