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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 370484" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I can relate to there being no "profile" of autism. difficult child 3 had a different teacher for each year of elementary school. His Grade 1 teacher was new to the school and I asked the principal to please arrange for us to meet her, or at least talk to her, before she first taught difficult child 3.</p><p>The teacher told me that she "really understands autism, because one of my twin boys has high-functioning autism."</p><p>I said, "difficult child 3 is different..."</p><p></p><p>The teacher was supremely confident when we arrived for the first day. But when I arrived later to collect him, the first thing she said to me was, "He IS different, isn't he?"</p><p></p><p>I later met her son. He was shy, withdrawn, needing to be in constant physical contact with either his mother or an assigned aide. difficult child 3 was outgoing, gregarious, talkative (even though he was very echolalic and not always making sense) and would happily hug someone if asked, if he chose to, but wouldn't seek out physical contact.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 1 is Aspie, and was a lot more like the teacher's son at that age, plus he was animal-phobic to the point of screaming hysteria if there was a chance of even the cutest puppy or kitten coming into physical contact with him (or even looking at him). Now he loves animals, at one point was studying to be a zookeeper.</p><p></p><p>They're all different.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 370484, member: 1991"] I can relate to there being no "profile" of autism. difficult child 3 had a different teacher for each year of elementary school. His Grade 1 teacher was new to the school and I asked the principal to please arrange for us to meet her, or at least talk to her, before she first taught difficult child 3. The teacher told me that she "really understands autism, because one of my twin boys has high-functioning autism." I said, "difficult child 3 is different..." The teacher was supremely confident when we arrived for the first day. But when I arrived later to collect him, the first thing she said to me was, "He IS different, isn't he?" I later met her son. He was shy, withdrawn, needing to be in constant physical contact with either his mother or an assigned aide. difficult child 3 was outgoing, gregarious, talkative (even though he was very echolalic and not always making sense) and would happily hug someone if asked, if he chose to, but wouldn't seek out physical contact. difficult child 1 is Aspie, and was a lot more like the teacher's son at that age, plus he was animal-phobic to the point of screaming hysteria if there was a chance of even the cutest puppy or kitten coming into physical contact with him (or even looking at him). Now he loves animals, at one point was studying to be a zookeeper. They're all different. Marg [/QUOTE]
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