Crappy and Crabby

This is not the "good life" my blog title suggests it is, nor has it ever been. I'm currently crying my eyes out, despite the happy pills I'm on, trying to make sense of all the crap that is currently surrounding me or drowning me in a 17th century cesspit. This is going to be an introduction to a new blog that I will be creating at some point in the future, with a better design, layout and title, but being impatient, I thought I'd fill you in on some of the details. The new blog (when I get round to it) will be a chronological account of shit hitting the fan... yum, can't wait for that one. Anyway, back to the tears. It has already been established by certain quarters (read "twats") that my son's global developmental delays are down to my bipolar status. First of all, I must quibble with the term "global developmental delays" or GDD. This is a term reserved for toddlers who haven't reached certain milestones by a certain age, for example, sitting or rolling over. My son is 6, not a toddler. As I remember he reached these milestones and others within an appropriate time frame. I've also heard that after the age of 4 or 5, it is no longer considered appropriate to use this term because after that it is mental retardation. Not very pc, let's call it thick instead. Mind you, that's in the States. Here it is "learning disabilities". Good, that's cleared up then: my son is learning disabled and the possible cause is a) bipolar mum and b) divorced. Actually, make that "that is the cause and we don't need to bother now". My son doesn't have a diagnosis because of this inference and he has autistic traits because he's thick.... great! Errrr... what about, autistic with learning disabilities? Has anyone thought it might be that way round? Autistic with learning disabilities because he was born that way? Remember, learning disabilities isn't actually a diagnosis because it's a SYMPTOM and not a cause. It's often a sign of something underlying it: neurological damage, Down's Syndrome, autism, blindness, not enough oxygen at birth and so on. I'm not saying it's autism, but I'm not ruling it out entirely as he seems to tick most of the boxes. But I'm wondering, if I'd never mentioned the bipolar business that people would have looked more closely at my son's issues? There is also a genetic or familiar connection between bipolar and autism where there is no connection between learning disabilities and bipolar - google it. I'm currently looking at a multi-disciplinary team diagnosis for my son - they can diagnose anything they want and I'll be happy. I do want a label. I want to know WHO my son is and how he sees the world.