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<blockquote data-quote="Alicatty" data-source="post: 593700" data-attributes="member: 16304"><p>He was actually a really good baby/toddler! He would cry for really long periods of time when I would leave him at day care or with family. But otherwise, I did not have a hard time with him.</p><p></p><p>When he was about 3, he was in a big preschool... He was on a behavior plan because he would hit classmates and teachers... He would actually run after teachers who were trying to avoid his hitting. He was very hard to redirect. It was because of this that he went through his first Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) evaluation, but they did not diagnose him as being on the spectrum.</p><p></p><p>A few months after that, I moved him to a home-based preschool, where there were never more than 10 kids. The teacher worked with his behavior and he did great, up until he started Kindergarten in a classroom of 30 kids. (It was the district's first year of budget cuts and larger classrooms... Teacher was really frazzled, my son did not help the situation.) Even then, he got into trouble for shouting out, giving wrong answers "on purpose" (at least that is what the teacher said), etc.</p><p></p><p>His psychoeducational assessment came in 2nd grade, even though I had asked for it for two years. They did not find an Learning Disability (LD) or speech problem. His IQ was in normal range except for one area that involved pattern sequencing - in that he has high school ability.</p><p></p><p>Family history? Hmmmm. His aunt (my sister) is medically disabled due to bipolar. Cousin has ADHD, depression/substance abuse runs in my family. I am fairly "normal", but definitely have some Aspie traits.</p><p></p><p>I do not know much about his dad's side. His father had extreme anger/violent tendencies, which is why I left him when I was 6 months pregnant. Possibly a diagnosis there but he would never admit to it.</p><p></p><p>My son DOES have some sensory type stuff when it comes to hearing. He can't listen to loud things, complains that his class is too noisy, gets agitated in public places, and hears noises very clearly that to me are really low. When he was a baby, he would cry/startle easily at sounds like bells ringing and the vaccuum.</p><p></p><p>He can't sit still for long, gets bored very easily. Today at the bank he kept tipping his chair, making humming noises, bent a paper clip to scratch a desk... Even though I kept on reminding him to quit it. Talk about embarrassing!</p><p></p><p>He is really - REALLY - sensitive to people's emotions. Can pick up when they are agitated or scared of him or happy with him. Not that he knows the emotion, really... But it changes how he acts. He "knows" when someone is lying to him, just by reading their face.</p><p></p><p>He loves and is kind to animals, and younger children, and the disabled children he has met at school... So please don't think he is a bad kid. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>Also, he does have facial tics to have been present for a few years.</p><p></p><p>Ugh. I just don't know what to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alicatty, post: 593700, member: 16304"] He was actually a really good baby/toddler! He would cry for really long periods of time when I would leave him at day care or with family. But otherwise, I did not have a hard time with him. When he was about 3, he was in a big preschool... He was on a behavior plan because he would hit classmates and teachers... He would actually run after teachers who were trying to avoid his hitting. He was very hard to redirect. It was because of this that he went through his first Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) evaluation, but they did not diagnose him as being on the spectrum. A few months after that, I moved him to a home-based preschool, where there were never more than 10 kids. The teacher worked with his behavior and he did great, up until he started Kindergarten in a classroom of 30 kids. (It was the district's first year of budget cuts and larger classrooms... Teacher was really frazzled, my son did not help the situation.) Even then, he got into trouble for shouting out, giving wrong answers "on purpose" (at least that is what the teacher said), etc. His psychoeducational assessment came in 2nd grade, even though I had asked for it for two years. They did not find an Learning Disability (LD) or speech problem. His IQ was in normal range except for one area that involved pattern sequencing - in that he has high school ability. Family history? Hmmmm. His aunt (my sister) is medically disabled due to bipolar. Cousin has ADHD, depression/substance abuse runs in my family. I am fairly "normal", but definitely have some Aspie traits. I do not know much about his dad's side. His father had extreme anger/violent tendencies, which is why I left him when I was 6 months pregnant. Possibly a diagnosis there but he would never admit to it. My son DOES have some sensory type stuff when it comes to hearing. He can't listen to loud things, complains that his class is too noisy, gets agitated in public places, and hears noises very clearly that to me are really low. When he was a baby, he would cry/startle easily at sounds like bells ringing and the vaccuum. He can't sit still for long, gets bored very easily. Today at the bank he kept tipping his chair, making humming noises, bent a paper clip to scratch a desk... Even though I kept on reminding him to quit it. Talk about embarrassing! He is really - REALLY - sensitive to people's emotions. Can pick up when they are agitated or scared of him or happy with him. Not that he knows the emotion, really... But it changes how he acts. He "knows" when someone is lying to him, just by reading their face. He loves and is kind to animals, and younger children, and the disabled children he has met at school... So please don't think he is a bad kid. :( Also, he does have facial tics to have been present for a few years. Ugh. I just don't know what to do. [/QUOTE]
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