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Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) vs. classic autism
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<blockquote data-quote="my2sons" data-source="post: 7482" data-attributes="member: 2722"><p>My difficult child 2 has been diagnosis'd as Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, but he is showing so many autistic traits, that I am wondering if he would qualify as classic autism. He does a lot of stimming: rocking, hand-flapping, arm flapping, finger twisting, sucks his thumb as a comfort measure. He also does this thing, where he rips tags off of his clothes, and rubs them up and down his face. Is that a stimulant? He head-bangs when he gets angry, kicks, and hits. He doesn't like to be touched a lot, and squeezes me, if he does. OR, taps me on the head. He is verbal, but tries to do sign language, and at times will just stand toward what he wants and will whine, or will take the milk out, but won't say what he wants. </p><p></p><p>He has a hard time with transitioning, has a lot of sensory issues, and does echolalia. He talks baby babble a lot too, and is really obsessed with reading off numbers. For example, a church songbook: he will open it, and read off the numbers of the songs in order. </p><p></p><p>He has a lot of perservation (I think that is the term) where he is obsessed, and takes a long time, to get over things. His teacher has noticed this too. He fell on the playground and skinned his knee, and obsessed over it, from the time he came home until bedtime. I had to lay with him, to get him to go to sleep because he was worked up. He will not wear anything with a lot of stripes or plaid. He has a meltdown. </p><p></p><p>He has fine/gross motor delays, speech delays, and is developmentally delayed. </p><p></p><p>He has a lot of anxiety isssues, especially bedtime. Bedtime is rough. He gets scared, when a lot of people are around.</p><p></p><p>And he is really attached to his curious george. I think he is going to graduated with the diploma in one hand, and george in the other. </p><p></p><p>Just wondering, if I should have him re-assessed, or leave it as is?</p><p></p><p>TIA!</p><p>Lisa</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="my2sons, post: 7482, member: 2722"] My difficult child 2 has been diagnosis'd as Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, but he is showing so many autistic traits, that I am wondering if he would qualify as classic autism. He does a lot of stimming: rocking, hand-flapping, arm flapping, finger twisting, sucks his thumb as a comfort measure. He also does this thing, where he rips tags off of his clothes, and rubs them up and down his face. Is that a stimulant? He head-bangs when he gets angry, kicks, and hits. He doesn't like to be touched a lot, and squeezes me, if he does. OR, taps me on the head. He is verbal, but tries to do sign language, and at times will just stand toward what he wants and will whine, or will take the milk out, but won't say what he wants. He has a hard time with transitioning, has a lot of sensory issues, and does echolalia. He talks baby babble a lot too, and is really obsessed with reading off numbers. For example, a church songbook: he will open it, and read off the numbers of the songs in order. He has a lot of perservation (I think that is the term) where he is obsessed, and takes a long time, to get over things. His teacher has noticed this too. He fell on the playground and skinned his knee, and obsessed over it, from the time he came home until bedtime. I had to lay with him, to get him to go to sleep because he was worked up. He will not wear anything with a lot of stripes or plaid. He has a meltdown. He has fine/gross motor delays, speech delays, and is developmentally delayed. He has a lot of anxiety isssues, especially bedtime. Bedtime is rough. He gets scared, when a lot of people are around. And he is really attached to his curious george. I think he is going to graduated with the diploma in one hand, and george in the other. Just wondering, if I should have him re-assessed, or leave it as is? TIA! Lisa [/QUOTE]
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