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easy child is now a difficult child and I am going crazy with two of them!
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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 518180" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Well, if this was anywhere in the criteria for autism then we would have a bunch of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids who would now be off the spectrum, LOL. Quality of play in general can be ONE thing that is looked at. MOST kids with autism give some form of hug or kiss especially to the people that they are bonded with. It is not attachment disorder...they are very attached to their parents usually! I am sorry they told you that. Since the criteria covers many signs/symptoms and behaviors and they dont have to have all of them in each section...the amount of combinations leads to kids looking very different and it is true...it is a spectrum. The severity of each symptom varies greatly from person to person. The only way you will know is to have him evaluated by someone who works with autism. Some psychologists are good at that, some are not. Some psychologists stick to the mental health diagnoses and do not look down the road (can't even see it when it is in right there in the room with them) because they are just not trained that way. So if it is something you are wondering about you can do a separate evaluation from the psychiatric you are going to .... adding that neuropsychologist evaluation. It is really good to do that anyway because you get such a good picture of how your child learns, processes, etc. and it helps to program for them and to find therapies that are more effective. If they quickly blow off any idea or concern you have without really evaluating, in my humble opinion always be suspicious. Pat answers like, they hug, or they make good eye contact so they can't be autistic is a huge warning sign that they really dont know about autism.</p><p></p><p>In your case you have family history of other things so it could be quite a puzzle to solve. But you can do this....just keep digging and come here to vent when it is hard, OK?? As you know, we do get it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 518180, member: 12886"] Well, if this was anywhere in the criteria for autism then we would have a bunch of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids who would now be off the spectrum, LOL. Quality of play in general can be ONE thing that is looked at. MOST kids with autism give some form of hug or kiss especially to the people that they are bonded with. It is not attachment disorder...they are very attached to their parents usually! I am sorry they told you that. Since the criteria covers many signs/symptoms and behaviors and they dont have to have all of them in each section...the amount of combinations leads to kids looking very different and it is true...it is a spectrum. The severity of each symptom varies greatly from person to person. The only way you will know is to have him evaluated by someone who works with autism. Some psychologists are good at that, some are not. Some psychologists stick to the mental health diagnoses and do not look down the road (can't even see it when it is in right there in the room with them) because they are just not trained that way. So if it is something you are wondering about you can do a separate evaluation from the psychiatric you are going to .... adding that neuropsychologist evaluation. It is really good to do that anyway because you get such a good picture of how your child learns, processes, etc. and it helps to program for them and to find therapies that are more effective. If they quickly blow off any idea or concern you have without really evaluating, in my humble opinion always be suspicious. Pat answers like, they hug, or they make good eye contact so they can't be autistic is a huge warning sign that they really dont know about autism. In your case you have family history of other things so it could be quite a puzzle to solve. But you can do this....just keep digging and come here to vent when it is hard, OK?? As you know, we do get it. [/QUOTE]
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