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Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) son tested: FINALLY at grade level
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 18985" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I definitely think our kids need social skills and life skills as much as arithmetic, and I don't want Lucas to ever be without the continuing reminders of what he needs to do to exist in this world. He may never totally "get" it. I have no fantasy of a cure--he is still different, but he is more able to figure out the world than he used to be. My goal is neither total mainstreaming (what's the point?) or total independence as an adult. I see nothing wrong with assisted living. He is always going to have some trouble understanding certain things that others "get." My particular child would never think to "spread the word" about autism and barely asks questions about it--doesn't seem interested. And in his room, where nobody can see him, he does his Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) thang. I can hear him talking to the television...lol...hear the bed as he bounces up and down on it, etc. When he comes out of that room, he acts "typical." He knows how, he just NEEDS to be Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) at times. Yes, he was terribly misdiagnosed. I understand the ADHD because, when he was young, he hung from the rafters. Strangely, he is now very sedate. However, I don't "get" the bipolar diagnosis. The child has no moodswings. He's mellow. He doesn't rage. He's not defiant. I think his strangeness steered the psychiatrist wrong. I believe bipolar is often diagnosed when a child is on the Spectrum. I also, at one time, thought autism meant a hopeless life. It doesn't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 18985, member: 1550"] I definitely think our kids need social skills and life skills as much as arithmetic, and I don't want Lucas to ever be without the continuing reminders of what he needs to do to exist in this world. He may never totally "get" it. I have no fantasy of a cure--he is still different, but he is more able to figure out the world than he used to be. My goal is neither total mainstreaming (what's the point?) or total independence as an adult. I see nothing wrong with assisted living. He is always going to have some trouble understanding certain things that others "get." My particular child would never think to "spread the word" about autism and barely asks questions about it--doesn't seem interested. And in his room, where nobody can see him, he does his Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) thang. I can hear him talking to the television...lol...hear the bed as he bounces up and down on it, etc. When he comes out of that room, he acts "typical." He knows how, he just NEEDS to be Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) at times. Yes, he was terribly misdiagnosed. I understand the ADHD because, when he was young, he hung from the rafters. Strangely, he is now very sedate. However, I don't "get" the bipolar diagnosis. The child has no moodswings. He's mellow. He doesn't rage. He's not defiant. I think his strangeness steered the psychiatrist wrong. I believe bipolar is often diagnosed when a child is on the Spectrum. I also, at one time, thought autism meant a hopeless life. It doesn't. [/QUOTE]
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