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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 493908" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>There are rigid views of the criteria and less. I worked with this amazing Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) from Brazil who was just the best and sorting through this with parents and she taught me a lot. People with autism dont really veiw people as objects, it is that with the communication challenges, some people who can't communicate through words (signs pictures etc) will take your hand and use it to pick up what they want etc. He should not be in an autism class for sure if he is that sensitive and distracted, but that very thing shows he needs autism teaching. Does that make sense. That is where the in our district the CIP class comes in because it is those kids who are verbal and many seem typical to outside folks, but they have these things that set them off and interfere with social situations which then makes it hard to get through school. My son is so set off by kids and he also sets kids off (sounds like yours does too when he is upset or misperceiving things) so he has his own little "office" in the school. He has a desk, table, computer, mat, one of those media floor rocking chairs, weighted vest, etc. If a classroom full of distractions is not right for him then an accommodation is to find a safe/quite chilll place. One school I was in was so limited and unaccommodating to one of my kids (who was really smart and did well in school but got so frustrated with other kids and what they did to him, lol) that I said he could go under my desk for his chill spot. I found him there many times, lol. SOunds like a HUGE part of his IEP needs to focus on social skills training and many of the behaviors would be supported then. (not gone, but then he would get the support and help to move forward). It really does not matter the specific diagnosis in terms of that...what matters is his learning style and skill level. The teachers who get that are the ones who get Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) as a spectrum disorder....even the kids who are mixed diagnosis as ours are. (and those who have only a few symptoms so do not qualify...mine was labeled Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified at first too)</p><p></p><p>Keep throwing out stuff, we will throw back so you can write notes. I really strongly believe an FBA with an autism and communication specialist would help you...but that is only if they are available to your area! My son is super social...wants friends all around him and yes...it is on HIS terms. To understand their perceptions is very tough for him but he is improving with the social stories, comic strip lessons, social skill groups , etc. he has had over the years. We now have started a group of mainstream kids whose parents said they can work with Q in school... they are having little social times with him with an adult to help work on skills. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The reason Autism looks so different in individuals is that out of the lists of symptoms in each cluster of diagnostic groups, there only have to be one to a few to meet that group. So with the huge variety of combinations that leads to, it really can be confusing. </p><p></p><p>He really does sound as emotional and rigid in his views of how people think ... like many of my students with Asperger's. LOTS of people with Aspergers and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified can share well, work with others, have jobs and families! </p><p></p><p>His inability to take their perspective is a classic Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) symptom. the anxiety is also very very common.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 493908, member: 12886"] There are rigid views of the criteria and less. I worked with this amazing Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) from Brazil who was just the best and sorting through this with parents and she taught me a lot. People with autism dont really veiw people as objects, it is that with the communication challenges, some people who can't communicate through words (signs pictures etc) will take your hand and use it to pick up what they want etc. He should not be in an autism class for sure if he is that sensitive and distracted, but that very thing shows he needs autism teaching. Does that make sense. That is where the in our district the CIP class comes in because it is those kids who are verbal and many seem typical to outside folks, but they have these things that set them off and interfere with social situations which then makes it hard to get through school. My son is so set off by kids and he also sets kids off (sounds like yours does too when he is upset or misperceiving things) so he has his own little "office" in the school. He has a desk, table, computer, mat, one of those media floor rocking chairs, weighted vest, etc. If a classroom full of distractions is not right for him then an accommodation is to find a safe/quite chilll place. One school I was in was so limited and unaccommodating to one of my kids (who was really smart and did well in school but got so frustrated with other kids and what they did to him, lol) that I said he could go under my desk for his chill spot. I found him there many times, lol. SOunds like a HUGE part of his IEP needs to focus on social skills training and many of the behaviors would be supported then. (not gone, but then he would get the support and help to move forward). It really does not matter the specific diagnosis in terms of that...what matters is his learning style and skill level. The teachers who get that are the ones who get Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) as a spectrum disorder....even the kids who are mixed diagnosis as ours are. (and those who have only a few symptoms so do not qualify...mine was labeled Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified at first too) Keep throwing out stuff, we will throw back so you can write notes. I really strongly believe an FBA with an autism and communication specialist would help you...but that is only if they are available to your area! My son is super social...wants friends all around him and yes...it is on HIS terms. To understand their perceptions is very tough for him but he is improving with the social stories, comic strip lessons, social skill groups , etc. he has had over the years. We now have started a group of mainstream kids whose parents said they can work with Q in school... they are having little social times with him with an adult to help work on skills. The reason Autism looks so different in individuals is that out of the lists of symptoms in each cluster of diagnostic groups, there only have to be one to a few to meet that group. So with the huge variety of combinations that leads to, it really can be confusing. He really does sound as emotional and rigid in his views of how people think ... like many of my students with Asperger's. LOTS of people with Aspergers and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified can share well, work with others, have jobs and families! His inability to take their perspective is a classic Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) symptom. the anxiety is also very very common. [/QUOTE]
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