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<blockquote data-quote="SuzyfromTexas" data-source="post: 14026" data-attributes="member: 3338"><p>Terry,</p><p></p><p>This topic hits close to home with me as well. I recently had a neuropsychologist evaluation and told our psychologist that I think my son (6 yrs. old) has aspergers. Well, turns out he does not qualify for the diagnosis. </p><p></p><p>He makes good eye contact and easily developed a rapport with the doctor (understood her jokes). However, some traits he does exhibit include easily frustrated, black and white/rule based thinking and is very dispresfectful mainly to me. He makes transitions fairly easily, however, lately he seems to be obsessed with maps (classic sign). Well, she tested him on the map thing and concluded that it's not pervasive. In other words, he can easily transition back to other activities without stress. He will also always choose playing with a playmate over maps. One other thing she tested him on was how inflection of speech changes the emotional meaning of a statement. Apparently this is difficult for some with Aspergers. (You can probably test him on this yourself).</p><p></p><p>Like many other Aspies he was reading at 3 and speaking a little earlier than most kids. I don't know if he had hyperlexia, but maybe. I try to test him on reading comprehension and he seems to get it, but at his young age who knows? Maybe he'll have problems when school gets harder. a</p><p></p><p>One thing the psychologist told me was that his verbal IQ (gifted range) was significantly higher than some other non-verbal tests (average - high average range). If the point difference is 20-25 then they classify them as NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) (Non Verbal Learning Disorder). Alex's difference was only about 14 but big enough to be significant. </p><p></p><p>Something else to look for is motor clumsiness. Does your son participate in sports and is he about average compared to other kids? Our psychiatric actually conducted tests on this in her office (both fine motor and major motor functioning). Alex's writing skills have always been a weakness but they are within normal limits.</p><p></p><p>Although Alex has not technically received a diagnosis, I sure seem to share a lot of the same problems as many of you on this board. Negotiation seems to help alot and avoid tantrums we may have had in the past.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuzyfromTexas, post: 14026, member: 3338"] Terry, This topic hits close to home with me as well. I recently had a neuropsychologist evaluation and told our psychologist that I think my son (6 yrs. old) has aspergers. Well, turns out he does not qualify for the diagnosis. He makes good eye contact and easily developed a rapport with the doctor (understood her jokes). However, some traits he does exhibit include easily frustrated, black and white/rule based thinking and is very dispresfectful mainly to me. He makes transitions fairly easily, however, lately he seems to be obsessed with maps (classic sign). Well, she tested him on the map thing and concluded that it's not pervasive. In other words, he can easily transition back to other activities without stress. He will also always choose playing with a playmate over maps. One other thing she tested him on was how inflection of speech changes the emotional meaning of a statement. Apparently this is difficult for some with Aspergers. (You can probably test him on this yourself). Like many other Aspies he was reading at 3 and speaking a little earlier than most kids. I don't know if he had hyperlexia, but maybe. I try to test him on reading comprehension and he seems to get it, but at his young age who knows? Maybe he'll have problems when school gets harder. a One thing the psychologist told me was that his verbal IQ (gifted range) was significantly higher than some other non-verbal tests (average - high average range). If the point difference is 20-25 then they classify them as NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) (Non Verbal Learning Disorder). Alex's difference was only about 14 but big enough to be significant. Something else to look for is motor clumsiness. Does your son participate in sports and is he about average compared to other kids? Our psychiatric actually conducted tests on this in her office (both fine motor and major motor functioning). Alex's writing skills have always been a weakness but they are within normal limits. Although Alex has not technically received a diagnosis, I sure seem to share a lot of the same problems as many of you on this board. Negotiation seems to help alot and avoid tantrums we may have had in the past. [/QUOTE]
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