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Neuropscyh appointment. and the medication taper is not going well for my kids
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 612331" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>The single biggest factor in Asperger's is <em>social skills development</em>. This is a lot more subtle than physical development, and doctors do not measure it... nobody does, really. But the kid who cannot form and maintain "normal peer relationships" (and the key word is PEER - same age, same grade, same gender), definitely has a social skills problem. And that problem has huge implications on day to day life. The social skills deficits of an Asperger's kid is different than, say, a kid with ADD/ADHD, in that the latter isn't so far behind socially, but other challenges get in the way (like impulsivity), while the kid with Asperger's really doesn't "get" the social scene. Not as obvious with girls, because they typically are more social than boys to start with... so their social skills are not labeled as behind, but compared to neurotypical GIRLS, they are way behind...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 612331, member: 11791"] The single biggest factor in Asperger's is [I]social skills development[/I]. This is a lot more subtle than physical development, and doctors do not measure it... nobody does, really. But the kid who cannot form and maintain "normal peer relationships" (and the key word is PEER - same age, same grade, same gender), definitely has a social skills problem. And that problem has huge implications on day to day life. The social skills deficits of an Asperger's kid is different than, say, a kid with ADD/ADHD, in that the latter isn't so far behind socially, but other challenges get in the way (like impulsivity), while the kid with Asperger's really doesn't "get" the social scene. Not as obvious with girls, because they typically are more social than boys to start with... so their social skills are not labeled as behind, but compared to neurotypical GIRLS, they are way behind... [/QUOTE]
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