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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 22231" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Good, I'm glad it went well. The gap between verbal and performance is very interesting, though and clear marker for some sort of learning disorder.</p><p></p><p>It would be difficult to rule out Asperger's at your age because too many of the typical hallmarks you would have adapted out of existence by now, if you're sufficiently high-functioning. I look at my husband - he's not got the flat affect, although he has the same speech oddity and need to repeat things as difficult child 3 (and, to a smaller extent, easy child 2/difficult child 2). husband makes good eye contact with me, and a lot of other people. husband is good with jokes although he tells them so deadpan that people don't always realise he's joking. And difficult child 3 is VERY social, he loves being around other people. And he's getting very fast with his quips and wisecracks (mostly at difficult child 1's expense). difficult child 3 reads MAD magazine constantly, and keeps asking me to explain the humour. As he learns and understands it, he is practising it and getting quite good. difficult child 1 used to be the same, but can now hold his own in a punning or quip competition, probably due to he phenomenal recall of everything he's heard or read. However, difficult child 1 cannot multitask either. He can't hold more than one thought or idea in his head at a time. difficult child 3 can. He's always been able to multitask (and announces this proudly). Last week he was watching TV while doing his schoolwork and when I chided him, he said, "C'mon, Mum, haven't you heard of multitasking?" (I just waited until the program was finished and asked him how much work he had got done, compared to when he ISN'T watching TV).</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 22231, member: 1991"] Good, I'm glad it went well. The gap between verbal and performance is very interesting, though and clear marker for some sort of learning disorder. It would be difficult to rule out Asperger's at your age because too many of the typical hallmarks you would have adapted out of existence by now, if you're sufficiently high-functioning. I look at my husband - he's not got the flat affect, although he has the same speech oddity and need to repeat things as difficult child 3 (and, to a smaller extent, easy child 2/difficult child 2). husband makes good eye contact with me, and a lot of other people. husband is good with jokes although he tells them so deadpan that people don't always realise he's joking. And difficult child 3 is VERY social, he loves being around other people. And he's getting very fast with his quips and wisecracks (mostly at difficult child 1's expense). difficult child 3 reads MAD magazine constantly, and keeps asking me to explain the humour. As he learns and understands it, he is practising it and getting quite good. difficult child 1 used to be the same, but can now hold his own in a punning or quip competition, probably due to he phenomenal recall of everything he's heard or read. However, difficult child 1 cannot multitask either. He can't hold more than one thought or idea in his head at a time. difficult child 3 can. He's always been able to multitask (and announces this proudly). Last week he was watching TV while doing his schoolwork and when I chided him, he said, "C'mon, Mum, haven't you heard of multitasking?" (I just waited until the program was finished and asked him how much work he had got done, compared to when he ISN'T watching TV). Marg [/QUOTE]
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