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<blockquote data-quote="'Chelle" data-source="post: 209886" data-attributes="member: 1161"><p>Well, my difficult child was 11 before we got his diagnosis, so you're not that much longer than we were. I hope you can get her in somewhere with a specialist in developmental disorders and have her assessed. I think its not uncommon for high functioning Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)/Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids to not get diagnosis'd early.</p><p></p><p>This rigid thinking is one that I struggle with sometimes with my difficult child. He gets something in is mind, and that's it. For example his karate. He got to the level where he next tested for his brown belt, which is actually a big step and they get much more strict on getting it right before they award it. He didn't pass the first time, and got so stuck on how he would never get it and wasn't improving he couldn't be convinced otherwise. I think it's one reason he quit, as I started prodding him to try again and he quit rather than actually test. If he gets that "I can't" thought in his head, it's very hard to get him to think otherwise, though if he does and actually tries and succeeds he's very proud of himself. I'm still at a loss as to how to change his thinking, but I do see improvement as he gets older.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Chelle, post: 209886, member: 1161"] Well, my difficult child was 11 before we got his diagnosis, so you're not that much longer than we were. I hope you can get her in somewhere with a specialist in developmental disorders and have her assessed. I think its not uncommon for high functioning Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)/Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids to not get diagnosis'd early. This rigid thinking is one that I struggle with sometimes with my difficult child. He gets something in is mind, and that's it. For example his karate. He got to the level where he next tested for his brown belt, which is actually a big step and they get much more strict on getting it right before they award it. He didn't pass the first time, and got so stuck on how he would never get it and wasn't improving he couldn't be convinced otherwise. I think it's one reason he quit, as I started prodding him to try again and he quit rather than actually test. If he gets that "I can't" thought in his head, it's very hard to get him to think otherwise, though if he does and actually tries and succeeds he's very proud of himself. I'm still at a loss as to how to change his thinking, but I do see improvement as he gets older. [/QUOTE]
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