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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 211996" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>How lucky you will be if your child is diagnosed early AND gets really solid interventions...particularly in social skills. For years the diagnosis was not</p><p>accepted for my grandson because "he makes eye contact and can carry on a conversation politely". Duh! He was trained to do those things at home but to this day he can't just carry on a normal conversation with peers. No way. </p><p> </p><p>He had a bunch of symptoms that presented as ODD, ADHD, PTSD and some attachment problems but once I found a top child psychiatrist and</p><p>he was on the right medications...the only remaining problems that he displays are the sybtle signs of Aspergers. Early strong social skills training can, in my humble opinion, make the difference in functioning in normal society or not. With all my efforts I was only able to get him enrolled in ONE good social skills class and that was very expensive and involved a four hour commute to a larger city every Saturday.</p><p> </p><p>Explore with enthusiasm and then jump on the rollercoaster. Your child will greatly benefit from early advocatcy (how is that spelled?? LOL). DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 211996, member: 35"] How lucky you will be if your child is diagnosed early AND gets really solid interventions...particularly in social skills. For years the diagnosis was not accepted for my grandson because "he makes eye contact and can carry on a conversation politely". Duh! He was trained to do those things at home but to this day he can't just carry on a normal conversation with peers. No way. He had a bunch of symptoms that presented as ODD, ADHD, PTSD and some attachment problems but once I found a top child psychiatrist and he was on the right medications...the only remaining problems that he displays are the sybtle signs of Aspergers. Early strong social skills training can, in my humble opinion, make the difference in functioning in normal society or not. With all my efforts I was only able to get him enrolled in ONE good social skills class and that was very expensive and involved a four hour commute to a larger city every Saturday. Explore with enthusiasm and then jump on the rollercoaster. Your child will greatly benefit from early advocatcy (how is that spelled?? LOL). DDD [/QUOTE]
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