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Malika:Thank you so much for your post, just sharing with other people is such a relief. It is frustrating to not fit in anywhere. People are always wanting to just pigeonhole my son and he is not getting what he needs because of this. Something I did that was helpful - although ironic because I dont much subscribe to rigid classifications - is I printed out the "DSM" criteria ( do you have that in france? Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) for every one of the PDDs: autism, aspergers, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) not otherwise specified. That gave me a little clarity. Somethign else though is that your son is very young! Honestly it took until 8 or 9 before I could begin to have a more clear picture of who he is. It sounds like your sons issue could be covered by Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) not otherwise specified. I would read any description of autism you can easily find by googling and see what your gut tells you. But I would keep in mind he is young still.
Malika:
Thank you so much for your post, just sharing with other people is such a relief. It is frustrating to not fit in anywhere. People are always wanting to just pigeonhole my son and he is not getting what he needs because of this. Something I did that was helpful - although ironic because I dont much subscribe to rigid classifications - is I printed out the "DSM" criteria ( do you have that in france? Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) for every one of the PDDs: autism, aspergers, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) not otherwise specified. That gave me a little clarity. Somethign else though is that your son is very young! Honestly it took until 8 or 9 before I could begin to have a more clear picture of who he is. It sounds like your sons issue could be covered by Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) not otherwise specified. I would read any description of autism you can easily find by googling and see what your gut tells you. But I would keep in mind he is young still.
