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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 235558" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>They are red flags for autistic spectrum disorder. My son has it. He knew his alphabet, his numbers to 100, and all the states and capitals, but could not really have a conversation. How does your son relate to same-age peers? How does he play with toys? Does he play appropriately or take them apart or line them up or throw them? I don't know how old he is so I don't know what to ask...lol. Back to my son. He is 15 and has had tons of help and is much better, but he still has trouble expressing abstract thoughts and has poor eye contact (although we've worked on it) and is socially disabled (although much better). He does have a few friends now--it took a while. Aspergers is a form of autism when a child doesn't have a speech delay. If the child HAS a speech delay, but is high functioning he is called Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified. It is not a mental illness and requires interventions for the child to reach his best. medications often don't do any good. 50&#37; of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids take no medications. </p><p></p><p>My son can memorize anything by rote. But he has trouble describing things--such as what he did on a vacation. He knows what he did, but getting the words out and explaining in the vivid way most kids do is very hard for him. He is smart in school, but has some simple deficits such as not caring if he ever showers or changes his clothes. He's a very endearing child, but until we knew what was wrong we just thought he was STRANGE. And his meltdowns puzzled us and he was medicated for them. Oh, yes, and he has very single-minded, narrow interests that consume him, another red flag. Often it's a techie thing such as computers or videogames and the videogame obsession is far beyond the normal kid videogame addiction. We were wrongly told our son had bipolar, which he does not. </p><p></p><p>If you haven't seen a neuropsychologist, I'd see one. They do great, intensive testing. psychiatrists often misdiagnose spectrum kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 235558, member: 1550"] They are red flags for autistic spectrum disorder. My son has it. He knew his alphabet, his numbers to 100, and all the states and capitals, but could not really have a conversation. How does your son relate to same-age peers? How does he play with toys? Does he play appropriately or take them apart or line them up or throw them? I don't know how old he is so I don't know what to ask...lol. Back to my son. He is 15 and has had tons of help and is much better, but he still has trouble expressing abstract thoughts and has poor eye contact (although we've worked on it) and is socially disabled (although much better). He does have a few friends now--it took a while. Aspergers is a form of autism when a child doesn't have a speech delay. If the child HAS a speech delay, but is high functioning he is called Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified. It is not a mental illness and requires interventions for the child to reach his best. medications often don't do any good. 50% of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids take no medications. My son can memorize anything by rote. But he has trouble describing things--such as what he did on a vacation. He knows what he did, but getting the words out and explaining in the vivid way most kids do is very hard for him. He is smart in school, but has some simple deficits such as not caring if he ever showers or changes his clothes. He's a very endearing child, but until we knew what was wrong we just thought he was STRANGE. And his meltdowns puzzled us and he was medicated for them. Oh, yes, and he has very single-minded, narrow interests that consume him, another red flag. Often it's a techie thing such as computers or videogames and the videogame obsession is far beyond the normal kid videogame addiction. We were wrongly told our son had bipolar, which he does not. If you haven't seen a neuropsychologist, I'd see one. They do great, intensive testing. psychiatrists often misdiagnose spectrum kids. [/QUOTE]
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