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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 86486" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>Your son definitely seems to have some Aspie signs, but there is other stuff that doesn't seem to fit in. My Aspie son never smeared feces or had bowel issues, he has bedwetting issues even at 17, but those are due to his PANDAS. Most Aspie kids I know (and I know quite a few because my son attends a school which specializes in it) have not ever threatened to kill or harm themselves or others. I would suggest that you look into a good neuropsychologist evaluation as you may have a few things going on here.</p><p></p><p>The Thomas the Tank engine obsession as a young child is one of the hallmarks of Aspie in my son's age group. We have the complete set from when my son was a toddler and was obsessed. None of his 3 younger brothers ever played with the toys beyond the age of 3; my son played with them daily until age 8. My son did the Star Wars thing as well, but he moved on quickly to a Titanic phase (could recite the list of the survivors alphabetically) and has now seemed to be into WWII history for the last 5 years. </p><p></p><p>The sports thing is not necessarily an Aspie function either. My Aspie played baseball (badly) from pre-K through grade 6, he did soccer, ice hockey, basketball and football for short periods of time as well. My younger sons (who are 13, 11 and 8) have almost NO interest in sports; only the 11 year old actually does any sports at all. None of them is Aspie, the 13 is ODD/anxiety, the 11 is easy child but dyslexic and the 8 year old is just reading delayed. The poor coordination which my son did have was found in his case to be due to a difficulty in proprioception, which is how one sees oneself in the large picture. My son could throw the ball if he had it in his hand but he could not run after the ball and catch it because he did not see himself in his mind's eye properly as related to where he saw the ball and where the ball actually was. He could bat ok because he was stationary. The difficulty was when both he and the ball were in motion at the same time.</p><p></p><p>I would seriously seek out a good neuropsychologist evaluation, read Tony Atwood's book "Apserger Syndrome" It's my bible because I finally saw that my son's issues fit in there. In my case, I do have a caveat which is that we believe that his Aspieness is actually neuro damage from lead poisoning but Aspie is the closest I have come to categorizing him and the therapies for Aspie are the ones that have worked best with him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 86486, member: 3493"] Your son definitely seems to have some Aspie signs, but there is other stuff that doesn't seem to fit in. My Aspie son never smeared feces or had bowel issues, he has bedwetting issues even at 17, but those are due to his PANDAS. Most Aspie kids I know (and I know quite a few because my son attends a school which specializes in it) have not ever threatened to kill or harm themselves or others. I would suggest that you look into a good neuropsychologist evaluation as you may have a few things going on here. The Thomas the Tank engine obsession as a young child is one of the hallmarks of Aspie in my son's age group. We have the complete set from when my son was a toddler and was obsessed. None of his 3 younger brothers ever played with the toys beyond the age of 3; my son played with them daily until age 8. My son did the Star Wars thing as well, but he moved on quickly to a Titanic phase (could recite the list of the survivors alphabetically) and has now seemed to be into WWII history for the last 5 years. The sports thing is not necessarily an Aspie function either. My Aspie played baseball (badly) from pre-K through grade 6, he did soccer, ice hockey, basketball and football for short periods of time as well. My younger sons (who are 13, 11 and 8) have almost NO interest in sports; only the 11 year old actually does any sports at all. None of them is Aspie, the 13 is ODD/anxiety, the 11 is easy child but dyslexic and the 8 year old is just reading delayed. The poor coordination which my son did have was found in his case to be due to a difficulty in proprioception, which is how one sees oneself in the large picture. My son could throw the ball if he had it in his hand but he could not run after the ball and catch it because he did not see himself in his mind's eye properly as related to where he saw the ball and where the ball actually was. He could bat ok because he was stationary. The difficulty was when both he and the ball were in motion at the same time. I would seriously seek out a good neuropsychologist evaluation, read Tony Atwood's book "Apserger Syndrome" It's my bible because I finally saw that my son's issues fit in there. In my case, I do have a caveat which is that we believe that his Aspieness is actually neuro damage from lead poisoning but Aspie is the closest I have come to categorizing him and the therapies for Aspie are the ones that have worked best with him. [/QUOTE]
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