Pervasive Development Disorder

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my niece has PDD and she is non verbal.

She is 8 and just learned to go to the wash room.

She is in a regular school with a new teacher's assistant this year.

This year, they are not even asking us what she can do. Friday, she had home work. Math sums.

She cannot count, hardly write and they want her to do subtracting?!? She can't even write numbers.

But we "think" she can read. She mimics me reading and if you ask her a word in a book, she will turn to the page and point it out.

If you want to communicate more on PDD or autism, you can write me back.

The burning sensation, it will not go away. It seems stronger and stronger, every day. The pain, it is intense. This illness, doesn't make any sense.

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Hi everyone, this is my first mail as only just joined this group, and am keen to liase with people in my situation hoping for positive feelings.I have been in a relationship with a 45 year old male for the last year, within weeks I had fallen in love with this gentle man, but was driven crazy by the mystery. I had so many questions, why this, why that........ and I never got any answers from him, despite my trying so hard.I voiced my fears about Aspergers to him, which resulted in an assessment with Maxine Aston only last month, who confirmed he has definite Autistic traits, but not full blown Aspergers. Reading her assessment, I related to it immediately, Sorry, forgot to mention that in the meantime, I have read everything I can get my hands on about Aspergers. I felt that my partner did not

have ALL of the traits, but the ones he does have are really bad.He has completely withdrawn from me regarding talking, acting anything that requires emotion or intimacy. But that aside, we have never had a cross word, and actually get on like a house on fire.Cassandra? well that is definitely me!!! Knew I was going down that road before I even read about it.Whilst the lack of intimacy is a big problem for me most of the time, I am still hoping that somehow, given time, it will be something that I can overcome. At present, after reading all the books, I do nothing that might stress him, and if attempting to talk about it might stress him, then talk I don't. Have tried expressing my thoughts to him by email, but they go unanswered too.Oh well, I could write a book, but won't right now, just wondered if there is anyone out there who might like to talk to me, preferably not people who are now estranged from their

"Aspie", I am still hoping for positive conclusions.