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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 247738" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>If there was any way to do it, I'd have a neuropsychologist evaluation, even if it's not the person your psychiatrist recommended. Although I'm not a diagnostician, your child has MANY symptoms of Aspergers Syndrome, an extremely high functioning form of autism. These kids are both brilliant (often) and very quirky and socially clueless.They need interventions in school in spite of their intelligence so that they can learn to socialize. Often their frustration in not being understood can lead to raging. My son is in that high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) arena. It would take a neuropsychologist to diagnose him--psychiatrists and therapists are usually not very good at spotting it--it can confuse them as the behavior is due to neurological wiring, not psychiatric problems. Yet they tend to treat it as a psychiatric disorder because that is their field. These kids require special handling and often therapy is not useful. Here are some things to ponder: Does your child know how to socialize with his same-age peers? Does he talked like a "little professor?" Did he have any speech delays or, on the other hand, was he extremely advanced in his vocabulary. Any early interest in letters and numbers and memorizing facts? Can he make good eye contact with strangers? Does he have any quirks when he is nervous (or when he isn't?). Have you taken him to a Neurologist (which is way different than a neuropsychologist) to find out if he has a tic disorder? Here is the DSM diagnostic criteria for Aspergers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>A. Qualitative impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at least two of the following: (1) marked impairment in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors, such as eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression, body postures, and gestures to regulate social interaction (2) failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental level (3) a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests, or achievements with other people (e.g., by a lack of showing, bringing, or pointing out objects of interest to other people) (4) lack of social or emotional reciprocity </em></p><p><em>B. Restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities, as manifested by at least one of the following: (1) encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted patterns of interest that is abnormal either in intensity or focus (2) apparently inflexible adherence to specific, nonfunctional routines or rituals (3) stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms (e.g., hand or finger flapping or twisting, or complex whole-body movements) (4) persistent preoccupation with parts of objects </em></p><p><em>C. The disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. </em></p><p><em>D. There is no clinically significant general delay in language (e.g., single words used by age 2 years, communicative phrases used by age 3 years). </em></p><p><em>E. There is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behavior (other than in social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood. </em></p><p><em>F. Criteria are not met for another specific pervasive developmental disorder or schizophrenia.</em> </p><p><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=15&winname=addthis&pub=mentalhelpnet&s=&url=http&#37;3A%2F%2Fwww.mentalhelp.net%2Fpoc%2Fview_doc.php%3Ftype%3Ddoc%26id%3D8777%26cn%3D20&title=Symptoms%20of%20Asperger's%20Disorder%20-%20Autism%20And%20Pervasive%20Developmental%20Disorders&logo=&logobg=&logocolor=&ate=AT-mentalhelpnet/-/-/323bbefcf4f9aa/1&adt=undefined&content=&CXNID=2000001.5215456080540439074NXC" target="_blank"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Updated:</strong> Feb 14th 2006</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 247738, member: 1550"] If there was any way to do it, I'd have a neuropsychologist evaluation, even if it's not the person your psychiatrist recommended. Although I'm not a diagnostician, your child has MANY symptoms of Aspergers Syndrome, an extremely high functioning form of autism. These kids are both brilliant (often) and very quirky and socially clueless.They need interventions in school in spite of their intelligence so that they can learn to socialize. Often their frustration in not being understood can lead to raging. My son is in that high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) arena. It would take a neuropsychologist to diagnose him--psychiatrists and therapists are usually not very good at spotting it--it can confuse them as the behavior is due to neurological wiring, not psychiatric problems. Yet they tend to treat it as a psychiatric disorder because that is their field. These kids require special handling and often therapy is not useful. Here are some things to ponder: Does your child know how to socialize with his same-age peers? Does he talked like a "little professor?" Did he have any speech delays or, on the other hand, was he extremely advanced in his vocabulary. Any early interest in letters and numbers and memorizing facts? Can he make good eye contact with strangers? Does he have any quirks when he is nervous (or when he isn't?). Have you taken him to a Neurologist (which is way different than a neuropsychologist) to find out if he has a tic disorder? Here is the DSM diagnostic criteria for Aspergers. [I]A. Qualitative impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at least two of the following: (1) marked impairment in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors, such as eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression, body postures, and gestures to regulate social interaction (2) failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental level (3) a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests, or achievements with other people (e.g., by a lack of showing, bringing, or pointing out objects of interest to other people) (4) lack of social or emotional reciprocity [/I] [I]B. Restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities, as manifested by at least one of the following: (1) encompassing preoccupation with one or more stereotyped and restricted patterns of interest that is abnormal either in intensity or focus (2) apparently inflexible adherence to specific, nonfunctional routines or rituals (3) stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms (e.g., hand or finger flapping or twisting, or complex whole-body movements) (4) persistent preoccupation with parts of objects [/I] [I]C. The disturbance causes clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. [/I] [I]D. There is no clinically significant general delay in language (e.g., single words used by age 2 years, communicative phrases used by age 3 years). [/I] [I]E. There is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development or in the development of age-appropriate self-help skills, adaptive behavior (other than in social interaction), and curiosity about the environment in childhood. [/I] [I]F. Criteria are not met for another specific pervasive developmental disorder or schizophrenia.[/I] [URL="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=15&winname=addthis&pub=mentalhelpnet&s=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mentalhelp.net%2Fpoc%2Fview_doc.php%3Ftype%3Ddoc%26id%3D8777%26cn%3D20&title=Symptoms%20of%20Asperger's%20Disorder%20-%20Autism%20And%20Pervasive%20Developmental%20Disorders&logo=&logobg=&logocolor=&ate=AT-mentalhelpnet/-/-/323bbefcf4f9aa/1&adt=undefined&content=&CXNID=2000001.5215456080540439074NXC"][IMG]http://s7.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif[/IMG][/URL] [B]Updated:[/B] Feb 14th 2006 [/QUOTE]
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