I just cannot believe there are so many rude people out there. It'd never even occur to me to ask or suggest to anyone if their child has a particular condition.
One of DS's teachers asked it after the first day of school, and I was taken a back. I can see how she might see that, but it's not something to just throw out there casually. I really think it's the new "fad" diagnosis...some people will see it everywhere they look without really understanding it or what it entails. After that it was clear to her that he doesn't have Aspergers or ASD of any kind and she didn't bring it up again. One of my sister-in-laws who is a special ed teacher brought it up around the campfire at a family reunion...she wasn't talking about DS but one of the brother-in-laws. My mother-in-law mentioned how hard it was to get him school services (like a decent IEP) way back when in grade school, and my sister-in-law said "mabye if you had had him diagnosed with Aspergers it would have been easier..." Ummm....ok...and you're a psychologist, since when? It just annoyed me, and it annoyed his wife. I think this particular brother-in-law has some quirks, as do many males in the family (and he has a very high IQ which was documented back in grade school), but he's not autistic in any way.
