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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 597810" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>You don't have to have every symptom to have Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).</p><p></p><p>Also, repeating words is a repetitive trait or a stimulant. Only low functioning ASDers tend to flap their arms or run in circles. It is a spectrum...whichever part you are on though you do need to get interventions. </p><p></p><p>No Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) child will have every symptom listed in the DSM.</p><p></p><p>It is true that Aspiers/ASDers of all stripes tend to have ONE focus. It can change with time, but they are not likely to be very well balanced with tons of interests like typical kids. Some focus strictly on dinosaurs or train schedules...with some it's computers...some videogames (my son knows when every videogame he likes was launched, the ages and names of all the characters, etc. and has it all written in a log)...and he likes certain movies and cartoons and can watch them 100 times. When he was little he wanted to watch the same ones over a nd over again (can we say Mom went nuts?). He liked to memorize them!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 597810, member: 1550"] You don't have to have every symptom to have Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Also, repeating words is a repetitive trait or a stimulant. Only low functioning ASDers tend to flap their arms or run in circles. It is a spectrum...whichever part you are on though you do need to get interventions. No Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) child will have every symptom listed in the DSM. It is true that Aspiers/ASDers of all stripes tend to have ONE focus. It can change with time, but they are not likely to be very well balanced with tons of interests like typical kids. Some focus strictly on dinosaurs or train schedules...with some it's computers...some videogames (my son knows when every videogame he likes was launched, the ages and names of all the characters, etc. and has it all written in a log)...and he likes certain movies and cartoons and can watch them 100 times. When he was little he wanted to watch the same ones over a nd over again (can we say Mom went nuts?). He liked to memorize them! [/QUOTE]
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