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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Educators and the "inclusive" classroom...

mommaPDD
Posted: 07 Mar 2014, 1:09 pm 

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LupaLuna, Sometimes I think it's easy to define our experience as "NT" or "AS" but, having spent 9 years now with an AS son, I am pretty sure that the line is much fuzzier than we all think. I am NT, but I like being a little bit invisible in a crowd. I was an excellent student, but I think I am a s...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Aspie or not?

mommaPDD
Posted: 07 Mar 2014, 11:21 am 

Replies: 11
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My son has AS. His special interests are not atypical for a kid his age, and he does not stim. The most noticeable thing is that his eye contact has never been great, and his pragmatic language lags his IQ significantly, but both have improved tremendously with age and practice. When he's in the gro...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Educators and the "inclusive" classroom...

mommaPDD
Posted: 07 Mar 2014, 10:05 am 

Replies: 12
Views: 1,117
Wow. Great observations. We are considering moving my son to a private school that, to me, seems too quiet and austere compared to his colorful, bustling classroom. The private school has 8 kids per classroom, so roughly 1/3 of what he's dealing with now. I don't see him getting distracted by little...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: WISC IV: High VC and Working Memory, relatively low PR, PS

mommaPDD
Posted: 07 Mar 2014, 9:12 am 

Replies: 4
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Thank you for the input. I do wonder about the natural sciences. Compared to my NT son, my AS son tends to "miss" more things when there is a lot going on. In that sense, my NT son is more observant, more likely to pick up salient information. They are still little, but my NT son just seems to like ...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: WISC IV: High VC and Working Memory, relatively low PR, PS

mommaPDD
Posted: 06 Mar 2014, 12:58 pm 

Replies: 4
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I have a child on the spectrum who has an unusual test of subtest scores on the WISC. I'm wondering if anyone here has this pattern, and if so, what it is like for you. What tasks/subjects do you enjoy, and what do you hate? Are there things you've done that you feel have helped improve areas of wea...
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