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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 165169" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Just a warning. High functioning autism is often missed. My son was ruled out as having autism many times. We kept hearing baloney like "He's too social" "his eye contact isn't that bad" "he just has ADHD" blah, blah, blah. Well, he banged his head, tantrummed, couldn't transition, read at age two, and obsessed over certain television shows and videogames (way beyond "normal" even for a young child). He also was a very strange child, atypical. He did not do well with loud noise or certain fabrics or foods either. Pottying was late--we honestly don't think he knew when he had to go. He has speech issues, but not all high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids do. Some have very early, very precocious, almost Little Professor speech. Our son did not sleep either (he does now--he is great now!)</p><p>Anyways, back then we just thought he had too many symptoms to ignore it so we forced the schools to put him in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) early interventions (we had to fight to get him into these interventions, trust me). It paid off big time and he indeed is on the Spectrum. It just didn't become obvious until he was older. I'm grateful we forced the schools to do the early interventions because he needed them and he's really doing well now! You should take him to a PRIVATE neuropsychologist. They are the best evaluators and do hours of testing. in my opinion don't trust any school districts, regular therapists or even regular psychologists. They just don't look deeply enough or do the exhaustive amount of testing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 165169, member: 1550"] Just a warning. High functioning autism is often missed. My son was ruled out as having autism many times. We kept hearing baloney like "He's too social" "his eye contact isn't that bad" "he just has ADHD" blah, blah, blah. Well, he banged his head, tantrummed, couldn't transition, read at age two, and obsessed over certain television shows and videogames (way beyond "normal" even for a young child). He also was a very strange child, atypical. He did not do well with loud noise or certain fabrics or foods either. Pottying was late--we honestly don't think he knew when he had to go. He has speech issues, but not all high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids do. Some have very early, very precocious, almost Little Professor speech. Our son did not sleep either (he does now--he is great now!) Anyways, back then we just thought he had too many symptoms to ignore it so we forced the schools to put him in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) early interventions (we had to fight to get him into these interventions, trust me). It paid off big time and he indeed is on the Spectrum. It just didn't become obvious until he was older. I'm grateful we forced the schools to do the early interventions because he needed them and he's really doing well now! You should take him to a PRIVATE neuropsychologist. They are the best evaluators and do hours of testing. in my opinion don't trust any school districts, regular therapists or even regular psychologists. They just don't look deeply enough or do the exhaustive amount of testing. [/QUOTE]
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