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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 249197" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>difficult child 3 has "autism spectru disorder" mild to moderate. That was his first main diagnosis. It means he is autistic. However, it wouldalso cover Asperger's. It is all rather subjective, but it's probablty that the docs in your area would consider your child to have full-on autism if she has a history of language delay (even if she's talking OK now). My descriptions here are a bit fuzzy because frankly, the labelling is very fuzzy andconstantly being polished up. Asperger's is also an autism specrum disorder, so someone with Asperger's can also be described as autistic. There can be different degrees of severity in autism and Asperger's. For example, difficult child 1 is Aspie, difficult child 3 is autistic. But I think difficult child 3 has a better prognosis.</p><p></p><p>Whether the label means your child has to go here or there - where your child goes is up to you. You don't have to send her where you don't want her to, if you feel it is a wrong placement. You always have choices. It depends on your child.</p><p></p><p>As for being social - difficult child 1 was always shy and withdrawn. difficult child 3 is outgoing and gregarious. He loves people. He's often very inappropriate with people and doesn't really understand that other people aren't privy to whatever is going on in his own head, but he still enjoys being with other people. He does find crowded, noisy rooms a bit hard to take, though.</p><p></p><p>easy child 2/difficult child 2 is, in our opinion, Aspie. But her pediatrician says she's not because she makes good eye contact. I think he's wrong in this - first, good eye contact with someone she knows is irrelevant. Second, she doesn't make good eye contact with people she doesn't know, she has to force herself to. She also has some face blindness and is also incredibly egocentric, breathtakingly selfish-seeming sometimes. But underneath it all she has a heart of gold and is very loving.</p><p></p><p>See if the doctor who thinks it's Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) will put it in writing. Maybe afterhe's observed for a while, perhaps. But te issue isn't being socially withdrawn, it's being socially inept. Sometimes very different.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 249197, member: 1991"] difficult child 3 has "autism spectru disorder" mild to moderate. That was his first main diagnosis. It means he is autistic. However, it wouldalso cover Asperger's. It is all rather subjective, but it's probablty that the docs in your area would consider your child to have full-on autism if she has a history of language delay (even if she's talking OK now). My descriptions here are a bit fuzzy because frankly, the labelling is very fuzzy andconstantly being polished up. Asperger's is also an autism specrum disorder, so someone with Asperger's can also be described as autistic. There can be different degrees of severity in autism and Asperger's. For example, difficult child 1 is Aspie, difficult child 3 is autistic. But I think difficult child 3 has a better prognosis. Whether the label means your child has to go here or there - where your child goes is up to you. You don't have to send her where you don't want her to, if you feel it is a wrong placement. You always have choices. It depends on your child. As for being social - difficult child 1 was always shy and withdrawn. difficult child 3 is outgoing and gregarious. He loves people. He's often very inappropriate with people and doesn't really understand that other people aren't privy to whatever is going on in his own head, but he still enjoys being with other people. He does find crowded, noisy rooms a bit hard to take, though. easy child 2/difficult child 2 is, in our opinion, Aspie. But her pediatrician says she's not because she makes good eye contact. I think he's wrong in this - first, good eye contact with someone she knows is irrelevant. Second, she doesn't make good eye contact with people she doesn't know, she has to force herself to. She also has some face blindness and is also incredibly egocentric, breathtakingly selfish-seeming sometimes. But underneath it all she has a heart of gold and is very loving. See if the doctor who thinks it's Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) will put it in writing. Maybe afterhe's observed for a while, perhaps. But te issue isn't being socially withdrawn, it's being socially inept. Sometimes very different. Marg [/QUOTE]
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