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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 465891" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Just a bit of a brain twist here...</p><p>What happens if we (temporarily, theoretically...) ignore the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis.</p><p></p><p>School gets harder every year.</p><p>Unidentified - and therefore unsupported/unaccommodated/unmedicated/etc. - challenges can really bring out the worst in ANY kid. </p><p>What I'm thinking here is... not sure when the last round of testing/evaluations was done, but 7 is an age where they can test for stuff that could not be tested for any earlier (major dates around here are 6-or-7, 9, 12, 15).</p><p>I don't remember what he has for accommodations already.</p><p></p><p>Stuff that can show up now includes:</p><p>- fine motor skills - as in, maybe he can actually form the letters, but can't "listen and write" or "think and write"? in which case, there may be neuromotor issues; note: not uncommon with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids, but also not uncommon with ADHD kids (50% of ADHD kids have Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) as well), and can exist co-morbid with all sorts of stuff.</p><p>- auditory processing issues - in particular, problems with auditory discrimination/auditory focus/auditory filtering - i.e. really has problems following what the teacher is saying because of background noise - can really drive a kid insane.</p><p>- other LDs - dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalcula... </p><p></p><p>Plus of course... as our kids get a bit older, the gap in skills between them and the "others" gets bigger, and you end up with two things happening...</p><p>1) bullying from the "others" because difficult child is "different"</p><p>2) secondary mood issues - depression or anxiety - because difficult child notices the gap, can't close it, can't "get there"... </p><p></p><p>We went through a cycle like this with a non-Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kid. And it was to some extent "all of the above" (I've expanded the lists a bit to give you more ideas).</p><p></p><p>Getting to the bottom of more dxes, getting more accommodations and interventions and medications... made all the difference in the world. It just took way too many years for us to get there (some tests we needed didn't even exist back then!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 465891, member: 11791"] Just a bit of a brain twist here... What happens if we (temporarily, theoretically...) ignore the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis. School gets harder every year. Unidentified - and therefore unsupported/unaccommodated/unmedicated/etc. - challenges can really bring out the worst in ANY kid. What I'm thinking here is... not sure when the last round of testing/evaluations was done, but 7 is an age where they can test for stuff that could not be tested for any earlier (major dates around here are 6-or-7, 9, 12, 15). I don't remember what he has for accommodations already. Stuff that can show up now includes: - fine motor skills - as in, maybe he can actually form the letters, but can't "listen and write" or "think and write"? in which case, there may be neuromotor issues; note: not uncommon with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids, but also not uncommon with ADHD kids (50% of ADHD kids have Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) as well), and can exist co-morbid with all sorts of stuff. - auditory processing issues - in particular, problems with auditory discrimination/auditory focus/auditory filtering - i.e. really has problems following what the teacher is saying because of background noise - can really drive a kid insane. - other LDs - dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalcula... Plus of course... as our kids get a bit older, the gap in skills between them and the "others" gets bigger, and you end up with two things happening... 1) bullying from the "others" because difficult child is "different" 2) secondary mood issues - depression or anxiety - because difficult child notices the gap, can't close it, can't "get there"... We went through a cycle like this with a non-Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kid. And it was to some extent "all of the above" (I've expanded the lists a bit to give you more ideas). Getting to the bottom of more dxes, getting more accommodations and interventions and medications... made all the difference in the world. It just took way too many years for us to get there (some tests we needed didn't even exist back then!) [/QUOTE]
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