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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Road to diagnosis ~ how long? |
| cutiecrystalmom |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2014, 12:16 pm
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Replies: 9
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| I used to post here quite regularly, but after our last ASD assessment in 2012 I stopped. I was worn out. We had known for years our son was on the spectrum, but were always told it was just anxiety and adhd. Somehow though, despite intervention for both of these in a variety of ways, our son's issu... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Theory of Mind |
| cutiecrystalmom |
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Posted: 20 Jan 2012, 4:29 pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 22,465
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| Well, I have taken the morning and written a letter to the psychologist who completed our son's assessment. In it I defined why we believe our son fits on the spectrum and asked her for very specific information as to how she believes he would fit within ADHD - going through the criteria and adding ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Is hyperfocus different for ADD/HD and ASD |
| cutiecrystalmom |
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Posted: 20 Jan 2012, 10:36 am
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| I am so glad you asked this question because I am wondering the same thing myself! How is hyperfocus different for ADHD compared to ASD?? In fact, it is one question I am going to be submitting to the psychologist who did our son's assessment, but I am not hopeful I will get any answer. Maybe someon... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: First visit, no diagnosis . . . but a couple little miracles |
| cutiecrystalmom |
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Posted: 20 Jan 2012, 10:33 am
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| I am glad your appointment went well, and that you are able to get the testing done at no cost! This is wonderful :) The ADI-R is a series of questions that you get asked about your son that relates to his development, behavior, etc. Each response earns a score. The scores are tallied at the end and... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Theory of Mind |
| cutiecrystalmom |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 7:45 pm
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Replies: 33
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| Can you see if you can get a diagnosis for the things that put him on the spectrum separately? Pragmatic Language Impairment is a diagnosis in and of itself, and will get you the speech therapy and communication skills you need. Alexithymia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexithymia is the word for n... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Theory of Mind |
| cutiecrystalmom |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 7:43 pm
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Replies: 33
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| There are many aspects to Theory of Mind. Emotional interpretation (social reasoning) is just one. Others areas where impaired theory of mind are apparent: apparent rudeness check lacking introspection check literal interpetations sometimes paranoia check pragmatic language issues check global prob... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Theory of Mind |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 4:59 pm
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Replies: 33
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| I got my sons diagnosis from a psyciatrist after taking my son to a therapist for a few months. Maybe you can go that route? I had all the testing from the district and all the input from the therapist...just an idea! good luck. We have tried everything. I have compiled reports from our mental heal... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Theory of Mind |
| cutiecrystalmom |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 4:52 pm
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Replies: 33
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| The bigger problem is that the interventions for ODD and the interventions for AS are different. While CBT can help for both, it only works for kids on the spectrum who are able to communicate well - DS's speech was just fine, but his pragmatics were so poor that talk therapy helped very little. DS... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Theory of Mind |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 11:18 am
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Replies: 33
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| Honestly, I am pretty convinced my son qualifies, though some of his issues are on the milder end. He has clear problems with generalization, catastrophic thinking, social cues, friendships/peer relating, sensory issues, rigid thinking, black-white thinking, perseverative thinking, and a few issues... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Theory of Mind |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 12:19 am
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Replies: 33
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| I am frustrated. Really frustrated. We went for our son's ASD assessment on Monday. He meets the criteria on the ADI-R, but does not meet the criteria on the ADOS (he is 9) and she is "taking autism off the table". She saw his quirkiness, she saw a glimpse of how he has created this "structure" for ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Asperger's versus AD/HD |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2012, 5:43 pm
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Replies: 20
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| However, in that visit the psychologist pushed my daughter behaviorally past what we have ever encountered with a therapist before. She refused to allow my daughter to play with her toys because she didn't ask and then proceeded to make her stand on an 11 x 8 piece of paper because she wouldn't lis... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Will he hate me? |
| cutiecrystalmom |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2012, 11:45 am
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Replies: 19
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| Can't get started/shifting - that's what stands out in your message to me. We have this in our house too :( Sometimes I get overloaded with the arguing and constant negotiating. I think the negotiating is the worst, because it is so very hard to just tune out. Have you tried using visual strategies ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: ? re 5 yr old son with social approach issues (PDD-NOS dx) |
| cutiecrystalmom |
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Posted: 07 Jan 2012, 1:46 pm
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Replies: 6
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| Bumping this up... I am also curious about the varying social skills, our son also lacks a filter when meeting new kids for the first time - jumping to playdates and sleepover requests typically within 15 - 20 minutes of meeting ... He is 9 :? He has no real awareness of stranger danger and will app... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Trying to help my son with correct diagnosis |
| cutiecrystalmom |
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Posted: 11 Nov 2011, 2:07 am
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Replies: 11
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| And he will talk at length about his current obsession. (he has had many over the years) In fact sometimes I joke to my husband that the only reason he spends all day playing minecraft is so that he can spend all dinner telling us every detail of what he did while he played and what he plans to do ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: I miss being here |
| cutiecrystalmom |
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Posted: 06 Nov 2011, 10:17 pm
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Replies: 21
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(((liloleme))) I can't even imagine the loss, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Your son sounds like a beautiful soul. I'm so sorry.
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Child aware of stimming? |
| cutiecrystalmom |
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Posted: 03 Nov 2011, 9:23 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,002
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| My son has the same level of awareness, and it started right around age 6 too. He's nine now. My one word of caution is that while he is asking for privacy, try to not to let him "expect" privacy, as our son did (and now does) - which leads to a lot of screaming at his sister when she won't leave th... |
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