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<blockquote data-quote="WasInDenial" data-source="post: 12811" data-attributes="member: 3416"><p>An interesting point dreamer. If I understand you correctly, you making the observation of the subjectivity of the labels. That's what I felt in the early days, that people were labelling my son subjectively and that the range for "normal" was too narrow. </p><p></p><p>For me personally, as time has gone by, I can clearly see developmental deficits that I can't account for by subjective viewpoints. He clearly has difficulty relating to peers and "reading" the sub-verbal interaction and facial cues of others. It's as if he can't pick up the same radio station everyone else can, and therefore isn't up on the latest songs. He clearly has difficulty switching tasks and focusing on one task to completion, and he clearly has difficulty doing the foundational work. Intellectually it's a cakewalk for him, patience wise though it's insurmountable.</p><p></p><p>At this point I think the diagnosis of High-Functioning Autism (HFA) is accurate, but that the ODD is a byproduct of his frustration with his ability to meet everyones expectations combined with an overly strict and not compassionate enough parenting style of mine and some drug induced problems to ice the cake.</p><p></p><p>I've accepted the underlying deficits and will be changing my ways to help him with those. My concern now is the medications and the real reason behind why he needs them, as opposed to apparent "I see Y, lets give him X" approach. I will never take him off the medications without alot of help and observation though. No child should ever have to be going through what he is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WasInDenial, post: 12811, member: 3416"] An interesting point dreamer. If I understand you correctly, you making the observation of the subjectivity of the labels. That's what I felt in the early days, that people were labelling my son subjectively and that the range for "normal" was too narrow. For me personally, as time has gone by, I can clearly see developmental deficits that I can't account for by subjective viewpoints. He clearly has difficulty relating to peers and "reading" the sub-verbal interaction and facial cues of others. It's as if he can't pick up the same radio station everyone else can, and therefore isn't up on the latest songs. He clearly has difficulty switching tasks and focusing on one task to completion, and he clearly has difficulty doing the foundational work. Intellectually it's a cakewalk for him, patience wise though it's insurmountable. At this point I think the diagnosis of High-Functioning Autism (HFA) is accurate, but that the ODD is a byproduct of his frustration with his ability to meet everyones expectations combined with an overly strict and not compassionate enough parenting style of mine and some drug induced problems to ice the cake. I've accepted the underlying deficits and will be changing my ways to help him with those. My concern now is the medications and the real reason behind why he needs them, as opposed to apparent "I see Y, lets give him X" approach. I will never take him off the medications without alot of help and observation though. No child should ever have to be going through what he is. [/QUOTE]
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