Ok so hey.
Forgive me if I sound a bit PO'd, but thats because I am
I got extensive testing in the 2002 (second grade for me). I was never told the results of these tests, although after them I began to recieve learning suppourt.
Yesterday, my t pulled out a discharge summary from Feb 2011 from a psychiatric unit. He's new so he's just getting these documents. (mind you, I'm 18 and in college and now manage a lot of my health care). He looked at what the summary gave as a diagnosis...among were things I knew they said, but when he said that I have a pervasive developmental disorder, the following conversation ensued.
me: what's that? I've never heard of that.
t: Its a form of mild autism.
me:....................what?
Here's the thing. Like I said, I've had testing done, as recent as April 2011. These included an IQ test. I scored a 59 in the logical section, and 141 in verbal. That first one is not good, but the second one is in the stratosphere. 141 is in the 97th percentile. (higher than 97% of scores). I speak three languages. Socially, I'm pretty inept with people my own age. Always have been. Kids younger than me, and older adults? Yeah, we get along great.
Honnestly, I've noticed autistic tendinces in me for a fair amount of years now, but figured that if I had been diagnosed with it that they'd tell me. I knew that I have ADD and other things (see my signature), but something like autism, I thought that my parents would have told me. But no. They've known for 10 years and didn't find it important to tell me that I have autism.
Five stages of acceptance? Yeah, I'm in anger at the moment.
Thoughts on this?
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Ley
Hartwick College Theatre Arts '16
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Psychotherapy since September 3, 2003. DBT Graguate (three 16-week cylces)
Histrionic Borderline Personality Disorder, Psudeologica Fantastica, Bi-Polar Depression, Attention Deficit Disorder, Non-Verbal Learning Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder-NOS
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