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Asperberger's diagnosis criteria?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 14030" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I would take him to a neuropsychologist or a clinic with professionals who specialize in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). It's easy to miss and CAN be debilitating. There are degrees of Asbpergers. Your son does sound pretty typical. Those who are very mild often pass and are never diagnosed. He has Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) symptoms so I'd insist on school interventions, even if he does well academically. Life skills and social skills are a must. Aspies are often dying to make friends, but have no idea how people think or what they want to hear or how to interact. Often they also have narrow interests and obsessions. Tony Attwood writes a lot of good books about Aspbergers, which is very often first diagnosed as ADHD/ODD.</p><p></p><p>My son has Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and appears to be social at school, but he's different at home. He has learned to "pass" but he is different, and his thinking is different. I see it more as a "difference" than a disorder, but it will probably affect his adult function. Kids who have autistic traits, but don't fit classical autism or Aspbergers are diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified. It took until my son was 11 to get the diagnosis. because of the same reasons--eye contact too good, too social, good sense of humor, no flat affect, blah, blah, blah. I knew he had it when he was two years old. I live with him and saw how different he is from his peers. He can hide it. The twelve hours of testing from the neuropsychologist was dead on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 14030, member: 1550"] I would take him to a neuropsychologist or a clinic with professionals who specialize in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). It's easy to miss and CAN be debilitating. There are degrees of Asbpergers. Your son does sound pretty typical. Those who are very mild often pass and are never diagnosed. He has Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) symptoms so I'd insist on school interventions, even if he does well academically. Life skills and social skills are a must. Aspies are often dying to make friends, but have no idea how people think or what they want to hear or how to interact. Often they also have narrow interests and obsessions. Tony Attwood writes a lot of good books about Aspbergers, which is very often first diagnosed as ADHD/ODD. My son has Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and appears to be social at school, but he's different at home. He has learned to "pass" but he is different, and his thinking is different. I see it more as a "difference" than a disorder, but it will probably affect his adult function. Kids who have autistic traits, but don't fit classical autism or Aspbergers are diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified. It took until my son was 11 to get the diagnosis. because of the same reasons--eye contact too good, too social, good sense of humor, no flat affect, blah, blah, blah. I knew he had it when he was two years old. I live with him and saw how different he is from his peers. He can hide it. The twelve hours of testing from the neuropsychologist was dead on. [/QUOTE]
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