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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 246138" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Janna, be verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry careful. Kids on the autism spectrum look A LOT like kids with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). They don't like to be touched for sensory reasons though. They are not rejecting you--they are simply not liking the way it feels to cuddle. My son adopted from Hong Kong had NO delays of any kind. He was brilliant. In two months he was speaking mostly English and now he has taught himself Mandarin (fluent). He is not autistic. My son was neglected in his orphanage. I still would question either SO's son or yours as having Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). I read a very interesting article on how Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is often mistaken for Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) and about how dangerous that is because Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) therapy would traumatize an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kid. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids often like to be alone as well--L. can be up in his room for hours, but I know he loves us and just how much he loves us. It is NOT the same thing! Last weekend I went to Illinois without the kids to visit my sister and L. called me all the time to tell me everything he did and to ask when I was coming home. He says he loves us. My son from Hong Kong would have NEVER called me because I wasn't home or even cared that I was gone (even if I'd been gone a month)--he has walked away from ALL of us without a glance backward. So be careful about a Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) diagnosis for a kid you raised and loved. Stella, your kid may also be on the spectrum. Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is usually when kids were neglected or abused in their early years. Orphanage kids almost all have attachment issues. Same with those kids in foster care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 246138, member: 1550"] Janna, be verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry careful. Kids on the autism spectrum look A LOT like kids with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). They don't like to be touched for sensory reasons though. They are not rejecting you--they are simply not liking the way it feels to cuddle. My son adopted from Hong Kong had NO delays of any kind. He was brilliant. In two months he was speaking mostly English and now he has taught himself Mandarin (fluent). He is not autistic. My son was neglected in his orphanage. I still would question either SO's son or yours as having Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). I read a very interesting article on how Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is often mistaken for Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) and about how dangerous that is because Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) therapy would traumatize an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kid. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids often like to be alone as well--L. can be up in his room for hours, but I know he loves us and just how much he loves us. It is NOT the same thing! Last weekend I went to Illinois without the kids to visit my sister and L. called me all the time to tell me everything he did and to ask when I was coming home. He says he loves us. My son from Hong Kong would have NEVER called me because I wasn't home or even cared that I was gone (even if I'd been gone a month)--he has walked away from ALL of us without a glance backward. So be careful about a Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) diagnosis for a kid you raised and loved. Stella, your kid may also be on the spectrum. Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is usually when kids were neglected or abused in their early years. Orphanage kids almost all have attachment issues. Same with those kids in foster care. [/QUOTE]
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