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difficult child 2 is driving me INSANE! Is it the autism or the ADHD?
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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 524020" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>My girlfriend and I were talking about this just a few weeks ago. She has two kids on the spectrum, one Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified one high functioning autism. She is also a teacher for teh deaf but has several kids with autism. We used to work together. She asked if I even thought adhd was real when a child has autism, what she sees is it just looks so much like it for most of the kids on the spectrum and medications sometimes help and sometimes dont. She wonders why people argue about it. I get it because medications can be an issue but I get her point too.....If he is on the spectrum, adhd, processing disorders, motor issues, sensory issues, are all things that can be symptoms or go along with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). There is a series called "under the big umbrella" and I can't find it but it does describe just this. So, in part, it really doesn't matter as long as you realize the types of approaches to help him will need (probably) to take the form of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) types of methods, using visuals, structure, direct teaching, not expecting to use motivation like what peers are doing to get the message across etc. I hope your suspicions are confirmed soon (or denied if it is not the case but it seems your gut says yes and I trust that more than anything) and along with that, the checking for processing is important. There is story after story just like yours, and teachers in sp ed expect it even at that age....it is like they finally fall of the cliff. They are still the very smart kids they were but the other issues are just overwhelming now. Things are not so spelled out. The level of language, especially figurative language goes WAY up. Kids have to be much more self-organized. It is also an age where even typical kids start to have pre-puberty issues like headaches and behaviors because those hormones are revving up. </p><p></p><p>It is not fun, and I feel for you. My son does the naked stuff too. The more I make a big deal of it, the worse it is so I just pretend he has clothes and he just gets dressed now. (Very awkward after puberty hits, sigh)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 524020, member: 12886"] My girlfriend and I were talking about this just a few weeks ago. She has two kids on the spectrum, one Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified one high functioning autism. She is also a teacher for teh deaf but has several kids with autism. We used to work together. She asked if I even thought adhd was real when a child has autism, what she sees is it just looks so much like it for most of the kids on the spectrum and medications sometimes help and sometimes dont. She wonders why people argue about it. I get it because medications can be an issue but I get her point too.....If he is on the spectrum, adhd, processing disorders, motor issues, sensory issues, are all things that can be symptoms or go along with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). There is a series called "under the big umbrella" and I can't find it but it does describe just this. So, in part, it really doesn't matter as long as you realize the types of approaches to help him will need (probably) to take the form of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) types of methods, using visuals, structure, direct teaching, not expecting to use motivation like what peers are doing to get the message across etc. I hope your suspicions are confirmed soon (or denied if it is not the case but it seems your gut says yes and I trust that more than anything) and along with that, the checking for processing is important. There is story after story just like yours, and teachers in sp ed expect it even at that age....it is like they finally fall of the cliff. They are still the very smart kids they were but the other issues are just overwhelming now. Things are not so spelled out. The level of language, especially figurative language goes WAY up. Kids have to be much more self-organized. It is also an age where even typical kids start to have pre-puberty issues like headaches and behaviors because those hormones are revving up. It is not fun, and I feel for you. My son does the naked stuff too. The more I make a big deal of it, the worse it is so I just pretend he has clothes and he just gets dressed now. (Very awkward after puberty hits, sigh) [/QUOTE]
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