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Kids on the spectrum--Does yours have a flat affect?
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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 359657" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>well, if you want to count mine who, depending on which flavor of the week diagnosis you want to go with....</p><p> </p><p>mine doesnt <strong>at all</strong>. </p><p> </p><p>and my experience is VERY similar to susies post above. our social skills group is small, but before ours is a HUGE younger group, and after is a ginormous older group.</p><p>and they all have it. my daughter and one other boy in ours who is the most severe (unmedicated no less!) adhd kid i've ever <em>seen</em> are the two exceptions. one sentence from any of these other kids and i wouldnt have a doubt in my mind they were on the spectrum--the affect alone would give it away.</p><p> </p><p>in the same vein, its interesting to me regarding maturity levels. when i was researching diagnosis's for my kid, it always struck me as how everything overlaps. most of these diagnosis's have immaturity as a sx, usually as a hallmark. i cant really explain it, but i see *VERY* distinct differences maturity wise between mine, the adhd kid (both very similar--maybe a tad on the immature, but you'd have to REALLY look to find these two kids immaturity issues...they are almost more alternative than immature, and the poor social skills magnify it) and the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids, who's immaturity is so blatant you'd be hard pressed to reason it away. and i mean, light years between maturity levels.</p><p> </p><p>again, maybe thats a very overgeneralized statement, but until my difficult child 2, the only real experience i had with the spectrum was on the severe end...not the shades of gray. and i know the current train of thought is that its a spectrum for a reason and everyone is still an individual, but the harder i look, the more i see distinct commonalities.</p><p>i'm notorious for the thought that based on a questionaire, not only would *I* be on the spectrum, but so would most of the world...but now that i'm immersed it it (hey, i'll take help where i can get it, diagnosis or not, lol!), i see why the questionaire is just one tool...and it also illustrates why someone needs to be diagnosis'd by someone who has LOTS of experience with LOTS of people on the spectrum....</p><p> </p><p>more than you wanted to know, sorry, LOL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 359657, member: 8831"] well, if you want to count mine who, depending on which flavor of the week diagnosis you want to go with.... mine doesnt [B]at all[/B]. and my experience is VERY similar to susies post above. our social skills group is small, but before ours is a HUGE younger group, and after is a ginormous older group. and they all have it. my daughter and one other boy in ours who is the most severe (unmedicated no less!) adhd kid i've ever [I]seen[/I] are the two exceptions. one sentence from any of these other kids and i wouldnt have a doubt in my mind they were on the spectrum--the affect alone would give it away. in the same vein, its interesting to me regarding maturity levels. when i was researching diagnosis's for my kid, it always struck me as how everything overlaps. most of these diagnosis's have immaturity as a sx, usually as a hallmark. i cant really explain it, but i see *VERY* distinct differences maturity wise between mine, the adhd kid (both very similar--maybe a tad on the immature, but you'd have to REALLY look to find these two kids immaturity issues...they are almost more alternative than immature, and the poor social skills magnify it) and the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids, who's immaturity is so blatant you'd be hard pressed to reason it away. and i mean, light years between maturity levels. again, maybe thats a very overgeneralized statement, but until my difficult child 2, the only real experience i had with the spectrum was on the severe end...not the shades of gray. and i know the current train of thought is that its a spectrum for a reason and everyone is still an individual, but the harder i look, the more i see distinct commonalities. i'm notorious for the thought that based on a questionaire, not only would *I* be on the spectrum, but so would most of the world...but now that i'm immersed it it (hey, i'll take help where i can get it, diagnosis or not, lol!), i see why the questionaire is just one tool...and it also illustrates why someone needs to be diagnosis'd by someone who has LOTS of experience with LOTS of people on the spectrum.... more than you wanted to know, sorry, LOL. [/QUOTE]
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