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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 648339" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>StrugglingDad... Most of us mom's are "fix-it" people too. That's what Mom's do. So, we understand.</p><p> </p><p>As to what happened... there are a LOT of options. He may have been born wired differently. There may have been side effects from trauma that either seemed minor or that you don't know about - a single concussion can impact thought processes, depending on what region of the brain is affected. There are many outside influences... once a child begins school, they are out of your control and influence for a substantial part of every day. You have no idea what actually happens at school. Kids don't tell us because we'll try and fix it and make it worse, but... if they don't tell, things usually get worse anyway. We didn't know most of what went on until after our first kid quit school. If he was into sports or other activities, there are other people involved again. The systems behind these activities can be a negative influence on some kids. Certain adults in key roles can be a negative - or even toxic - influence. Chances are fairly high that it wasn't just you.</p><p> </p><p>Having said that: you're an engineer. One well-known specialist on Autism Spectrum Disorder has been known to state that from his experience, one of the risk factors of a child having Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is... having a parent or grandparent who is an engineer (or mathematician, or PhD-level scientist, or in the technical side of IT, among other things). Don't take that personally - it's not a slap against you, it's just a statistical reality that people on or close to the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) spectrum tend to gravitate to those fields of study.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 648339, member: 11791"] StrugglingDad... Most of us mom's are "fix-it" people too. That's what Mom's do. So, we understand. As to what happened... there are a LOT of options. He may have been born wired differently. There may have been side effects from trauma that either seemed minor or that you don't know about - a single concussion can impact thought processes, depending on what region of the brain is affected. There are many outside influences... once a child begins school, they are out of your control and influence for a substantial part of every day. You have no idea what actually happens at school. Kids don't tell us because we'll try and fix it and make it worse, but... if they don't tell, things usually get worse anyway. We didn't know most of what went on until after our first kid quit school. If he was into sports or other activities, there are other people involved again. The systems behind these activities can be a negative influence on some kids. Certain adults in key roles can be a negative - or even toxic - influence. Chances are fairly high that it wasn't just you. Having said that: you're an engineer. One well-known specialist on Autism Spectrum Disorder has been known to state that from his experience, one of the risk factors of a child having Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is... having a parent or grandparent who is an engineer (or mathematician, or PhD-level scientist, or in the technical side of IT, among other things). Don't take that personally - it's not a slap against you, it's just a statistical reality that people on or close to the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) spectrum tend to gravitate to those fields of study. [/QUOTE]
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