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<blockquote data-quote="EndangeredCheerleader" data-source="post: 591605" data-attributes="member: 15279"><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Pigpen's best friend is a girl Aspie. The kids were in 1st and 2nd grade when they met. Girlie pinged my spectrum radar right away. Mom was NOT ready to hear it which I understand. When Girlie was finally evaluated, her diagnosis came in as ADHD. Last year, middle school made her differences undeniable, a new work up was done and autism was put on the table. Yay! Finally! Why was that so hard?</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I would not label Girlie bossy. She's reserved with peers. She is stubborn- even when it's socially appropriate to join in, she's not going to unless that is what she wants. She obsesses on topics as much as Pigpen does, but is better about backing off. The older she gets, there seems to be a more pronounced difference between her and NT girls though. It's just harder to write stuff off as being spunky and eccentric. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EndangeredCheerleader, post: 591605, member: 15279"] [COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]Pigpen's best friend is a girl Aspie. The kids were in 1st and 2nd grade when they met. Girlie pinged my spectrum radar right away. Mom was NOT ready to hear it which I understand. When Girlie was finally evaluated, her diagnosis came in as ADHD. Last year, middle school made her differences undeniable, a new work up was done and autism was put on the table. Yay! Finally! Why was that so hard?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]I would not label Girlie bossy. She's reserved with peers. She is stubborn- even when it's socially appropriate to join in, she's not going to unless that is what she wants. She obsesses on topics as much as Pigpen does, but is better about backing off. The older she gets, there seems to be a more pronounced difference between her and NT girls though. It's just harder to write stuff off as being spunky and eccentric. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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