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<blockquote data-quote="PollyParent" data-source="post: 88789" data-attributes="member: 3822"><p>Hi Angels,</p><p></p><p>It's been hard for me to get on the computer these days too.</p><p></p><p>We had MANY diagnosis's before we landed on AS. Many.</p><p></p><p>Grade one : ODD (and odd allegations of abuse which were put to rest rather quickly but which soured our ability to trust that psychologist)</p><p>Grade two : ODD and possible Bipolar</p><p>Grade three: Not ODD, but Anxiety. Possible Asperger's but more likely Intermittent explosivity. Then ADD. Then Aspergers without ADD. We went to a BUNCH of doctors that year. Four, I think?</p><p></p><p>This year: We've all sort of settled on Asperger's although as I read in a book, "If you've known one Asperger's child, then you've met only one Asperger's child." Meaning that it's not true that if you've met one, you've met them all. </p><p></p><p>My son's Asperger's comes along with a fairly high rage quotient. He understands simple conversations, making eye contact, being polite. So people don't think he has social deficits. But he'll often walkaway from a conversation and not have ANY IDEA what the other person was talking about. He makes the right responses in the moment, but he seems to misinterpret almost every sentence the other person said. Trying to demonstrate this to the staff who work with him in school has been wildly frustrating for me.</p><p></p><p>Lots of people interpret his actions as being wholly willful. Don't get me wrong, there is often a manipulative part in his acting out. I'm very honest about that. But first you have to determine if he truly understands what is expected of him. If he misinterprets something and you point out that it's a mistake, he stops raging immediately -- within a breath. If he's being manipulative, that won't happen.</p><p></p><p>In regards to sports, my town is very into sports, so my son talks a lot about them. But he doesn't understand the rules of the games most of the time. We don't have him participate in sports because he although he's a fine winner, thanking everyone for a good game, shaking hands with the loser, etc., he's just insane if he loses or feels as if he is about to lose. It's too much for him to be in a competitive setting right now, so we don't allow it.</p><p></p><p>Our hope is that he'll be able to become more adept with social skills and then learn how to "fake it til you make it" in sports.</p><p></p><p>My son is very intrigued with music and instruments. And Science. And the internet.</p><p></p><p>More later,</p><p></p><p>PollyParent</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PollyParent, post: 88789, member: 3822"] Hi Angels, It's been hard for me to get on the computer these days too. We had MANY diagnosis's before we landed on AS. Many. Grade one : ODD (and odd allegations of abuse which were put to rest rather quickly but which soured our ability to trust that psychologist) Grade two : ODD and possible Bipolar Grade three: Not ODD, but Anxiety. Possible Asperger's but more likely Intermittent explosivity. Then ADD. Then Aspergers without ADD. We went to a BUNCH of doctors that year. Four, I think? This year: We've all sort of settled on Asperger's although as I read in a book, "If you've known one Asperger's child, then you've met only one Asperger's child." Meaning that it's not true that if you've met one, you've met them all. My son's Asperger's comes along with a fairly high rage quotient. He understands simple conversations, making eye contact, being polite. So people don't think he has social deficits. But he'll often walkaway from a conversation and not have ANY IDEA what the other person was talking about. He makes the right responses in the moment, but he seems to misinterpret almost every sentence the other person said. Trying to demonstrate this to the staff who work with him in school has been wildly frustrating for me. Lots of people interpret his actions as being wholly willful. Don't get me wrong, there is often a manipulative part in his acting out. I'm very honest about that. But first you have to determine if he truly understands what is expected of him. If he misinterprets something and you point out that it's a mistake, he stops raging immediately -- within a breath. If he's being manipulative, that won't happen. In regards to sports, my town is very into sports, so my son talks a lot about them. But he doesn't understand the rules of the games most of the time. We don't have him participate in sports because he although he's a fine winner, thanking everyone for a good game, shaking hands with the loser, etc., he's just insane if he loses or feels as if he is about to lose. It's too much for him to be in a competitive setting right now, so we don't allow it. Our hope is that he'll be able to become more adept with social skills and then learn how to "fake it til you make it" in sports. My son is very intrigued with music and instruments. And Science. And the internet. More later, PollyParent [/QUOTE]
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