My Daughter Has Asperger's Syndrome

When I first started this blog in March, I had a certain direction in mind.  I wanted to talk about the trials of motherhood and.....the Yankees.  Times have changed.  It was five months ago, the evaluations began and it was this morning that the diagnosis was finally given.  Now I feel like I can write again.  Brace yourself. 

So my daughter has Asperger's.  It's an autism spectrum disorder.  Yeah I know what you're thinking...Rainman.   Don't feel bad, I have thought that too.  My pop culture mind thinks fish sticks and Wapner.  But worst of all....Tom Cruise....and this irritates me more than anything.  And no, that is not what she has.  I will not get into the the science behind all of this so allow me to sum it up for you.  My daughter is intellectually gifted, does not like people her own age, likes things to be a certain way, follows a strict routine, doesn't like answering your questions and hates crowds.  So basically.....we ALL have a little Asperger's (I'm definitely intellectually gifted).

Someone told me to watch the show Parenthood because there is a storyline about this.  Seriously???  Isn't Minka Kelly on that show.  She dates my boyfriend, Derek Jeter.  Until they break up (which should be soon)... no thanks. Someone else told me to read Curt Schilling's (former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox) book about raising his son with Asperger's.  2004....bloody sock...Yankees lose.  NO THANK YOU!  

Now I have no desire to get into what my day is like and the severity of what I deal with.  It's stressful, exhausting, emotionally painful and heartbreaking... BUT....Bill Gates and the dude who invented Facebook (no, not the Justin Timberlake one) probably have Asperger's.  In other words, my daughter will invent something and make me a shitload of money.  No need for sympathy. 
 
So the point of this entry....to apologize out loud to anyone I have ever bullied or made fun of for being different.   My eyes are open and maybe with my blog, I can open some others.  That and talk about the Yankees because I am really worried about their pitching.