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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 188517" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>I'm chiming in here because I'm finding much of what you all are saying very interesting. When difficult child 2 had his neuropsychologist evaluation in April, they concluded he was NOT a kid with Asperger's. Yet the school strongly suggested it and in listening to what several of you have said about the social skills being so lacking in certain ways, the obsessing about certain topics and sounding like little professors... and what MWM said about their interpretation of "nice" and "friends" -- that's all difficult child 2! </p><p> </p><p>But I can have a two-way conversation with him. And he has empathy for others. And he makes eye contact (when he's stable). One thing I pointed out to the school psychiatric who was really pushing the Asperger's question was that many of the behaviors she was describing could also apply to a kid with ADHD (which I STILL believe to be at the opposite end of the Autism spectrum -- but it's STILL on the spectrum. Does that make sense?</p><p> </p><p>difficult child 2's IEP is primarily for social skills -- it all fell out from him innocently bringing a Swiss Army knife to school (he wanted to use the magnifier to look at rocks), but then not-so-innocently verbally threatening another student who'd been bullying him later in the day.... then not understanding why everyone was SO upset! "Why would they think I would actually DO that? I would NEVER DO that! NOBODY would! That's just stupid!" </p><p> </p><p>Hmmm, let's see... knife in your pocket, you show it to some kids. You later tell someone you could cut their throat with it after they don't stop bugging you. You wonder why people are upset? </p><p> </p><p>See what I mean?</p><p> </p><p>Must do more reading.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 188517, member: 3444"] I'm chiming in here because I'm finding much of what you all are saying very interesting. When difficult child 2 had his neuropsychologist evaluation in April, they concluded he was NOT a kid with Asperger's. Yet the school strongly suggested it and in listening to what several of you have said about the social skills being so lacking in certain ways, the obsessing about certain topics and sounding like little professors... and what MWM said about their interpretation of "nice" and "friends" -- that's all difficult child 2! But I can have a two-way conversation with him. And he has empathy for others. And he makes eye contact (when he's stable). One thing I pointed out to the school psychiatric who was really pushing the Asperger's question was that many of the behaviors she was describing could also apply to a kid with ADHD (which I STILL believe to be at the opposite end of the Autism spectrum -- but it's STILL on the spectrum. Does that make sense? difficult child 2's IEP is primarily for social skills -- it all fell out from him innocently bringing a Swiss Army knife to school (he wanted to use the magnifier to look at rocks), but then not-so-innocently verbally threatening another student who'd been bullying him later in the day.... then not understanding why everyone was SO upset! "Why would they think I would actually DO that? I would NEVER DO that! NOBODY would! That's just stupid!" Hmmm, let's see... knife in your pocket, you show it to some kids. You later tell someone you could cut their throat with it after they don't stop bugging you. You wonder why people are upset? See what I mean? Must do more reading. [/QUOTE]
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