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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 284381" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Welcome!!! A new friend is always a wonderful thing! I am glad you are here, but so sorry you need to be here.</p><p></p><p>From what you describe I would also guess aspergers or autistic spectrum disorder of some kind. Not all kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are the savant Rainman type of person. Your description does put up red flags, so it is important to discuss this with the people you see.</p><p></p><p>Has he been evaluated for any type of sensory problems? Sensory Integration Disorder (Sensory Integration Disorder (SID)) means that the brain does not cope with input from the senses in a "normal" way. Your son shows a number of signs of this. I recommend getting an evaluation by a PRIVATE occupational therapist. Schools do some assessments for this but they ONLY look for how it impacts school.</p><p></p><p>A private Occupational Therapist (OT) will see how it impacts all of his life. This may sound strange but I think Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) is a fascinating disorder. I have quite a bit of it myself, so I am NOT throwing stones at anyone! (as a toddler i HATED clothes. They called me "nudie susie" for a couple of years because I would just strip down as soon as I possibly could. Even though my clothes were soft (my mom was a firm believer that scratchy clothes were child abuse) and well fit I still hated wearing clothes. I even felt claustrophobic in them someitmes.</p><p></p><p>What I find awesome in Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) is there there is a non-medicine way to help! You have to be taught to do the brushing and joint compressions. An Occupational Therapist (OT) is the best person to teach you how to do it. It can make an almost immediate change. The brushing retrains your brain to handle sensory input!!!</p><p></p><p>If you are interested in Sensory Integration Disorder (SID), then teh book "The Out of Sync Child" by Carol Kranowitz has a wonderful overlook of the disorder and exactly what is going on in the brain.</p><p></p><p>The author also wrote a book called "The Out of Sync Child has Fun" which provides activiteis to meet the sensory needs - and ways to do them inexpensively!</p><p></p><p>Again, Welcome!!! Sending lots of hugs to your family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 284381, member: 1233"] Welcome!!! A new friend is always a wonderful thing! I am glad you are here, but so sorry you need to be here. From what you describe I would also guess aspergers or autistic spectrum disorder of some kind. Not all kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are the savant Rainman type of person. Your description does put up red flags, so it is important to discuss this with the people you see. Has he been evaluated for any type of sensory problems? Sensory Integration Disorder (Sensory Integration Disorder (SID)) means that the brain does not cope with input from the senses in a "normal" way. Your son shows a number of signs of this. I recommend getting an evaluation by a PRIVATE occupational therapist. Schools do some assessments for this but they ONLY look for how it impacts school. A private Occupational Therapist (OT) will see how it impacts all of his life. This may sound strange but I think Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) is a fascinating disorder. I have quite a bit of it myself, so I am NOT throwing stones at anyone! (as a toddler i HATED clothes. They called me "nudie susie" for a couple of years because I would just strip down as soon as I possibly could. Even though my clothes were soft (my mom was a firm believer that scratchy clothes were child abuse) and well fit I still hated wearing clothes. I even felt claustrophobic in them someitmes. What I find awesome in Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) is there there is a non-medicine way to help! You have to be taught to do the brushing and joint compressions. An Occupational Therapist (OT) is the best person to teach you how to do it. It can make an almost immediate change. The brushing retrains your brain to handle sensory input!!! If you are interested in Sensory Integration Disorder (SID), then teh book "The Out of Sync Child" by Carol Kranowitz has a wonderful overlook of the disorder and exactly what is going on in the brain. The author also wrote a book called "The Out of Sync Child has Fun" which provides activiteis to meet the sensory needs - and ways to do them inexpensively! Again, Welcome!!! Sending lots of hugs to your family. [/QUOTE]
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