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4.5 year old challenging at times, not sure where to start
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 635899" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My guess? Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Take him to a neuropsychologist. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is often misdiagnosed as ADHD or ODD. And then he misses out on early interventions that greatly help. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids have great rote memories. My son taught himself to sight read very early and knew all the letters and numbers as well. He also knew all t he states of the United States and their capitals. This was by age two, but he ended up having learning problems once he hit first or second grade and he had no social skills. Although his rote memory is still amazing, he lacks the ability for abstract thinking so this really slowed down his schooling. He had trouble writing too. He also was more hyper than ADHD...lol. medications made him worse. He liked to repeat, say, commercials from television and he'd get them almost 100% correct! He never played with toys. He dismanted them as if fascinated at how they looked when taken apart.</p><p></p><p>As a 21 year old adult he is doing quite well, but he had a lot of interventions as a child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 635899, member: 1550"] My guess? Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Take him to a neuropsychologist. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is often misdiagnosed as ADHD or ODD. And then he misses out on early interventions that greatly help. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids have great rote memories. My son taught himself to sight read very early and knew all the letters and numbers as well. He also knew all t he states of the United States and their capitals. This was by age two, but he ended up having learning problems once he hit first or second grade and he had no social skills. Although his rote memory is still amazing, he lacks the ability for abstract thinking so this really slowed down his schooling. He had trouble writing too. He also was more hyper than ADHD...lol. medications made him worse. He liked to repeat, say, commercials from television and he'd get them almost 100% correct! He never played with toys. He dismanted them as if fascinated at how they looked when taken apart. As a 21 year old adult he is doing quite well, but he had a lot of interventions as a child. [/QUOTE]
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