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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 565726" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I would take him to a neuropsyh. their testing is better than any other professionals and the label you don't want is what will get him the help he needs. Nothing else will. It sounds like way more than ADHD to me. My son is on the spectrum and he can talk to ANYONE just fine. Sounds like the professioinal who diagnosed him without autistic spectrum doesn't really understand it as a spectrum with different degrees of impairment. Your son has never had a friend. That's a huge red flag for the spectrum. Not saying he has it for sure, but definitely try again with a neuropsychologist. Also, there is a lot of not only autism but psyschiatric problems in his family genetic tree. He really needs to see a psychiatrist too. Both autistic spectrum and psychiatric illnesses are inherited genetically, even if the kids never see their biological parent who passed along 50% of his DNA. So he is stuck with what he is born with and your job is to get him rightly diagnosed and push the school for the right interventions by getting the right label. It does not sound as if he was ever a "typical" child and many premature babies have problems. Not all, but many.</p><p></p><p>I'd get proactive about finding out exactly what is wrong so that you and the professionals can start to help him before it gets even worse. (((Hugs)))...first hand I know how hard it is, but don't give up and don't shy away from anything because you are afraid of what you might hear. This is about your son, not you.</p><p></p><p>Keep us posted!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 565726, member: 1550"] I would take him to a neuropsyh. their testing is better than any other professionals and the label you don't want is what will get him the help he needs. Nothing else will. It sounds like way more than ADHD to me. My son is on the spectrum and he can talk to ANYONE just fine. Sounds like the professioinal who diagnosed him without autistic spectrum doesn't really understand it as a spectrum with different degrees of impairment. Your son has never had a friend. That's a huge red flag for the spectrum. Not saying he has it for sure, but definitely try again with a neuropsychologist. Also, there is a lot of not only autism but psyschiatric problems in his family genetic tree. He really needs to see a psychiatrist too. Both autistic spectrum and psychiatric illnesses are inherited genetically, even if the kids never see their biological parent who passed along 50% of his DNA. So he is stuck with what he is born with and your job is to get him rightly diagnosed and push the school for the right interventions by getting the right label. It does not sound as if he was ever a "typical" child and many premature babies have problems. Not all, but many. I'd get proactive about finding out exactly what is wrong so that you and the professionals can start to help him before it gets even worse. (((Hugs)))...first hand I know how hard it is, but don't give up and don't shy away from anything because you are afraid of what you might hear. This is about your son, not you. Keep us posted! [/QUOTE]
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