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<blockquote data-quote="adunn03" data-source="post: 578051" data-attributes="member: 15908"><p>Yes my son was adopted at the age of 22 months. He was a drug baby and addicted to meth when we got him. He is incredibly smart and tests on a third grade level when he is only in the first grade. He has been to every type of doctor or counselor that you can imagine and had every type of test ran on him. I refuse allow his background and diagnose be a crutch for him. I understand some things may be difficult for him but my job as his mom is to make sure he is prepared for the real world and to do that he has to learn to overcome his difficulties. Putting away laundry is a minor issue that we deal with and just used as an example to show his behaviors. He is knows where his clothes go. We colored pictures and put them on the outside of his drawers as labels. His clothes are folded and sorted for him. All he is responsible for is opening the drawer and laying it in there. That is not too difficult. My daughter has been doing the same task since she was 2 and she was also adopted and a drug baby. The issue isn't that it is too difficult it is simply that he doesn't want to And doesn't see why he has to do something he doesn't want to do. We have the same problem at school, church or where ever we go. As far as not liking the label of odd, well it doesn't really matter if I like it or not, every professional that I have taken him to has diagnosed him with that so I am going to assume that since they know more than me in that department then they are correct. He is defiant. Why? I have no clue and if he is asked he will say bc i do what I want and you can't make me do anything. As far as the aspergers goes I have no idea on that bc all of my dealing with kids with aspergers is nothing like my son.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="adunn03, post: 578051, member: 15908"] Yes my son was adopted at the age of 22 months. He was a drug baby and addicted to meth when we got him. He is incredibly smart and tests on a third grade level when he is only in the first grade. He has been to every type of doctor or counselor that you can imagine and had every type of test ran on him. I refuse allow his background and diagnose be a crutch for him. I understand some things may be difficult for him but my job as his mom is to make sure he is prepared for the real world and to do that he has to learn to overcome his difficulties. Putting away laundry is a minor issue that we deal with and just used as an example to show his behaviors. He is knows where his clothes go. We colored pictures and put them on the outside of his drawers as labels. His clothes are folded and sorted for him. All he is responsible for is opening the drawer and laying it in there. That is not too difficult. My daughter has been doing the same task since she was 2 and she was also adopted and a drug baby. The issue isn't that it is too difficult it is simply that he doesn't want to And doesn't see why he has to do something he doesn't want to do. We have the same problem at school, church or where ever we go. As far as not liking the label of odd, well it doesn't really matter if I like it or not, every professional that I have taken him to has diagnosed him with that so I am going to assume that since they know more than me in that department then they are correct. He is defiant. Why? I have no clue and if he is asked he will say bc i do what I want and you can't make me do anything. As far as the aspergers goes I have no idea on that bc all of my dealing with kids with aspergers is nothing like my son. [/QUOTE]
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