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NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) vs Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) vs AS
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 407313" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>I really wish that people would stop putting so much store in "makes eye contact" as a diagnostic tool.</p><p></p><p>I hit all of the developmental milestones either on time or early, had no issues with language acquisition or math, can socialize passably enough to get by, and can look people in the eye. I can do all of the things that many practitioners use to gauge whether someone is on the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) spectrum. However, there's definitely something "off" about me, and I score well into the Aspergers range in testing. Just because someone can make social chit chat and look at you while they do so doesn't rule out Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, or other spectrum disorders, and I wish that diagnosticians wouldn't hang their hats on it so much.</p><p></p><p>I also wonder how many other Aspie children use some variant of the eye contact trick that I learned as a small child. I was forever being pressured to look people in the eye, and I learned that if I look at the spot just above the bridge of their noses (at their eyebrows, if you will), then it looks just like "eye contact" to everyone else, but doesn't feel all weird and horrible like true eye contact does.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 407313, member: 3907"] I really wish that people would stop putting so much store in "makes eye contact" as a diagnostic tool. I hit all of the developmental milestones either on time or early, had no issues with language acquisition or math, can socialize passably enough to get by, and can look people in the eye. I can do all of the things that many practitioners use to gauge whether someone is on the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) spectrum. However, there's definitely something "off" about me, and I score well into the Aspergers range in testing. Just because someone can make social chit chat and look at you while they do so doesn't rule out Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, or other spectrum disorders, and I wish that diagnosticians wouldn't hang their hats on it so much. I also wonder how many other Aspie children use some variant of the eye contact trick that I learned as a small child. I was forever being pressured to look people in the eye, and I learned that if I look at the spot just above the bridge of their noses (at their eyebrows, if you will), then it looks just like "eye contact" to everyone else, but doesn't feel all weird and horrible like true eye contact does. [/QUOTE]
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