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<blockquote data-quote="frustrated440" data-source="post: 77228" data-attributes="member: 4091"><p>Thanks SRL for responding. Well I had talked to a mom of child who has asperger's that I worked with. She also mentioned hyperlexic but I'm not sure about that either. My son does recognize logos but only after I tell him what it says and then he remembers it. The reading part I dont think so because he will go up to another logo on my youngest walker for example and he'll say "sesame street mommy" and it will say Graco so I'm not sure that hyperlexic fits him either. He can go through small Dr. Seuss story books and recall the story page by page but I've read it to him a million times. Its more like he has an amazing memory but that also runs in my family. I have a middle sister with- an amazing memory. She didnt have to study that much for tests in school. She could read something and retain it well and I could also memorize info in school to help me with- tests. As far as his health goes both of my children have been totally healthy happy children. Both were or are very content babies, good sleepers that kind of thing. However my son does seem to have some anxiety I guess when he feels he's being tested in some way or that something is expected of him he starts to whine and not want to comply. He also might whine when a stranger asks him a question. He does have original speech but sometimes repeats to me what I have said, not in a question tone like I asked but in response, for example i'll say..."do you want some juice?" He'll reply, "want juice mommy" instead of yes or no response. The more I work with him on things, he has improved. He mixes up pronouns but the more I work with- him the better he gets. He is using "I" more instead of "you", but still needs improvment. I'm just kind of at a loss. He just seems to have some issues, but no one can say for sure if its something he will grow out of or should I be concerned? Everyone like I said is pretty much in agreement of "wait and see." I plan on taking him to speech and Occupational Therapist (OT) weekly after I get the school situation worked out. I keep looking for more and more answers but it seems all I can do is wait. Maybe he is like your son in the way he might just have some traits but not necessarily on the spectrum. No one in our family has autism or anything but I wish I would not of gotten him 2 doses of a flu vacine. I did it because I work in the school system and it seemed like I would bring the germs back to him (colds and flu stuff). Little did I know then that it had thimerisol in it still. I am going to do things differently with- my youngest and already have been. He is 10 mos. old and so far is developing normally. Who knows my oldest is 3 and it could be just some traits, but I wonder if not for some of the vaccines he might be completely different because I don't know how else to explain these difficulties being that no one in our family has had some of these things to deal with- except my oldest sister did say that her oldest son who is now 21 had to go to Occupational Therapist (OT) for certain things that she sees in my 3 year old like...needing some more fine motor strength and rotating feet when climbing stairs. He also had speech when he was younger. He is not autistic and is currently in the National Guard, so maybe my son's issues could be more like my nephew's. I guess time will tell, it is just frustrating because I worrier by nature and I just want my children to be healthy and have the best start in life possible like any other mom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="frustrated440, post: 77228, member: 4091"] Thanks SRL for responding. Well I had talked to a mom of child who has asperger's that I worked with. She also mentioned hyperlexic but I'm not sure about that either. My son does recognize logos but only after I tell him what it says and then he remembers it. The reading part I dont think so because he will go up to another logo on my youngest walker for example and he'll say "sesame street mommy" and it will say Graco so I'm not sure that hyperlexic fits him either. He can go through small Dr. Seuss story books and recall the story page by page but I've read it to him a million times. Its more like he has an amazing memory but that also runs in my family. I have a middle sister with- an amazing memory. She didnt have to study that much for tests in school. She could read something and retain it well and I could also memorize info in school to help me with- tests. As far as his health goes both of my children have been totally healthy happy children. Both were or are very content babies, good sleepers that kind of thing. However my son does seem to have some anxiety I guess when he feels he's being tested in some way or that something is expected of him he starts to whine and not want to comply. He also might whine when a stranger asks him a question. He does have original speech but sometimes repeats to me what I have said, not in a question tone like I asked but in response, for example i'll say..."do you want some juice?" He'll reply, "want juice mommy" instead of yes or no response. The more I work with him on things, he has improved. He mixes up pronouns but the more I work with- him the better he gets. He is using "I" more instead of "you", but still needs improvment. I'm just kind of at a loss. He just seems to have some issues, but no one can say for sure if its something he will grow out of or should I be concerned? Everyone like I said is pretty much in agreement of "wait and see." I plan on taking him to speech and Occupational Therapist (OT) weekly after I get the school situation worked out. I keep looking for more and more answers but it seems all I can do is wait. Maybe he is like your son in the way he might just have some traits but not necessarily on the spectrum. No one in our family has autism or anything but I wish I would not of gotten him 2 doses of a flu vacine. I did it because I work in the school system and it seemed like I would bring the germs back to him (colds and flu stuff). Little did I know then that it had thimerisol in it still. I am going to do things differently with- my youngest and already have been. He is 10 mos. old and so far is developing normally. Who knows my oldest is 3 and it could be just some traits, but I wonder if not for some of the vaccines he might be completely different because I don't know how else to explain these difficulties being that no one in our family has had some of these things to deal with- except my oldest sister did say that her oldest son who is now 21 had to go to Occupational Therapist (OT) for certain things that she sees in my 3 year old like...needing some more fine motor strength and rotating feet when climbing stairs. He also had speech when he was younger. He is not autistic and is currently in the National Guard, so maybe my son's issues could be more like my nephew's. I guess time will tell, it is just frustrating because I worrier by nature and I just want my children to be healthy and have the best start in life possible like any other mom. [/QUOTE]
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