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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 193718" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>The questions I asked were prodding around to see if there are signs of Autistic Spectrum Disorders so I'm a little surprised that the doctor didn't bring up the topic.</p><p></p><p>Given what you're saying about his dad and the lining up toys, picky eating, and flat speech/talking like an adult, I'd suggest that you do some reading up on Asperger's Syndrome, the highest functioning of the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s. Keep in mind that all kids won't exhibit all symptoms, or not all symptoms at a given age. For instance, some kids may have better eye contact or be more affectionate or have more desire for social interaction than others.</p><p><a href="http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/" target="_blank">http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/</a></p><p></p><p>Eating issues such as you are describing are sometimes due to Sensory Integration Dysfunction. Sometimes the activity seeking can be attributed to this as well.</p><p><a href="http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall97/sensory.htm" target="_blank">http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall97/sensory.htm</a></p><p></p><p>We're only parents here, not diagnosticians, but there are enough red flags here that I'd be requesting an evaluation for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s. Even if the signs wind up being from a different set of reasons, the evaluation explained in this article should be general enough to get some answers. <a href="http://oreilly.com/medical/autism/news/getting_diag.html" target="_blank">http://oreilly.com/medical/autism/news/getting_diag.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 193718, member: 701"] The questions I asked were prodding around to see if there are signs of Autistic Spectrum Disorders so I'm a little surprised that the doctor didn't bring up the topic. Given what you're saying about his dad and the lining up toys, picky eating, and flat speech/talking like an adult, I'd suggest that you do some reading up on Asperger's Syndrome, the highest functioning of the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s. Keep in mind that all kids won't exhibit all symptoms, or not all symptoms at a given age. For instance, some kids may have better eye contact or be more affectionate or have more desire for social interaction than others. [url]http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/[/url] Eating issues such as you are describing are sometimes due to Sensory Integration Dysfunction. Sometimes the activity seeking can be attributed to this as well. [url]http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall97/sensory.htm[/url] We're only parents here, not diagnosticians, but there are enough red flags here that I'd be requesting an evaluation for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s. Even if the signs wind up being from a different set of reasons, the evaluation explained in this article should be general enough to get some answers. [url]http://oreilly.com/medical/autism/news/getting_diag.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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