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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 63593" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi. </p><p>I agree with Meg and anyone who says social skills class/training. I also think he should be tested for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), and for that you'd need a neuropsychologist. Not all Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids have speech delays and once they start talking even if they do (like my son) they almost come across as "Little Professors" on their particular obessions. They tend to have narrow interests and know EVERYTLHLING about those interests. My son can babble, in a very professor-like way, about videogames. He knows when each game came out, every single character, etc. He does one-way-speaking more than allowing feedback from others, which gets in the way of friendship, but is pretty much only interested in his own obsessions. Other than that, he gives "yes" "no" answers or says "I don't want to talk about it." He has a lot of trouble expressing himself even with a large vocabulary. He has Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified (autistic traits) so he is a little "less" autistic than some kids...lol...whatever that means. He, unlike some spectrum kids, seems happy just interacting at school and hanging alone once school is over. His sister is Miss Sociability and he doesn't seem bothered or jealous. He talks more easily to adults or younger kids--which is typical of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). I'm not saying he has it, but I'd want to check it out. Until we did, we thought we had ADHD/ODD/bipolar and our son did NOT improve until he got the right diagnosis. Cover all your bases. See a neuropsychologist. A psychiatrist is unlikely to catch Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). Ours swears, even now, that LUcas is bipolar. I think it's his pride. This is a small town, he has a big name, and we run into him. He still thinks it's a mistake to have taken him off his twenty five medications. The fact that Lucas is obviously functioning so well after being off medications for four years doesn't faze him. He won't take his diagnosis back...lol. Lucas seems to have "come to" after being medicated for so many years and doesn't have moodswings. Many Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids *do* have moondswings though. Anyways, whatever you decide, good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 63593, member: 1550"] Hi. I agree with Meg and anyone who says social skills class/training. I also think he should be tested for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), and for that you'd need a neuropsychologist. Not all Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids have speech delays and once they start talking even if they do (like my son) they almost come across as "Little Professors" on their particular obessions. They tend to have narrow interests and know EVERYTLHLING about those interests. My son can babble, in a very professor-like way, about videogames. He knows when each game came out, every single character, etc. He does one-way-speaking more than allowing feedback from others, which gets in the way of friendship, but is pretty much only interested in his own obsessions. Other than that, he gives "yes" "no" answers or says "I don't want to talk about it." He has a lot of trouble expressing himself even with a large vocabulary. He has Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified (autistic traits) so he is a little "less" autistic than some kids...lol...whatever that means. He, unlike some spectrum kids, seems happy just interacting at school and hanging alone once school is over. His sister is Miss Sociability and he doesn't seem bothered or jealous. He talks more easily to adults or younger kids--which is typical of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). I'm not saying he has it, but I'd want to check it out. Until we did, we thought we had ADHD/ODD/bipolar and our son did NOT improve until he got the right diagnosis. Cover all your bases. See a neuropsychologist. A psychiatrist is unlikely to catch Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). Ours swears, even now, that LUcas is bipolar. I think it's his pride. This is a small town, he has a big name, and we run into him. He still thinks it's a mistake to have taken him off his twenty five medications. The fact that Lucas is obviously functioning so well after being off medications for four years doesn't faze him. He won't take his diagnosis back...lol. Lucas seems to have "come to" after being medicated for so many years and doesn't have moodswings. Many Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids *do* have moondswings though. Anyways, whatever you decide, good luck. [/QUOTE]
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