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Funny thing, my son with Aspergers never lined up anyting nor did he stack things. he did like to knock down blocks that we would build, then he would run away laughing and ask us to stack them again.

My son never lined up anything either. He used to play like a NT child, and then just sorta lost interest. Now that we spoke to his older brother and his cousins, he has began to play around his cousins and sometimes with them since they always insist that he plays with them.

Hindsight is 20/20 of course, but some things that my daughter exhibited:

As an infant she would rock back and forth and move her head from side to side rhythmically.
She was comforted by touching a mole on my neck. Whenever she became upset, she reached for the mole.
She would rub fabrics rhythmically against her face.
She was never able to drink from a bottle.
She hated being in the car. HATED! Even on the ride home from the hospital she screamed the whole ride. Anytime I put her in her carseat she screamed like she was on fire. (She still hates being in the car)
She had no words at her 1 year checkup. She also didn't do quite a few things they asked me about like pointing or always responding to her name. They were a tad bit concerned but she had joint referencing so they just thought she was lagging developmentally.
Around a year she began headbanging and holding her breath during tantrums.
Around a year she started shying away from people. Wouldn't go near other kids. Would wrench her whole body away from anyone who spoke to her.
She had no words at her 2 year checkup so they referred her to ECI. However she was pointing and grunting.
ECI evaluated her and stated she was "fine" and not ASD, just a "late bloomer". She enjoyed the games with the evaluator.
She started having words around 2 and a half-she was quickly speaking in elaborate sentences.
She began Preschool around age 3 and was inconsolable the whole time. The school said not to worry, she would acclimate.
6 weeks later, still inconsolable at preschool. The director told me she had never seen a child like my daughter.
My daughter started making up her own language. She had her own words that meant certain things. The preschool stated she was "gifted".
She was still not playing with the children at school but became attached to the teacher and would hang on her while at preschool.
She was still head banging and would hold her breath until she vomited.
She had chronic stomach aches.
By age 4 she had still not acclimated to preschool so I switched to a different school.
The prek teacher at the new school taught her to read quite rapidy.
By the end of age 4 she became aggressive and violent towards children if they didn't leave her alone.
Her pediatrician recommended a child therapist.
We saw the child therapist a few times, he stated something medical "was going on" and recomended a developmental pediatrician.
The developmental pediatrician diagnosed her with anxiety disorder and developmental dyspraxia. She stated she was "not ASD".
She prescribed Prozac and OT. Very low dose of Prozac. It caused my daughter to become even more violent, we weaned off.
Later that year the OT was concerned with my daughter's non responsiveness at times and referred us to Pediatric Neuropsych.
After weeks of evals with Neuropsych they diagnosed Asperger's and developmental dyspraxia.
I absolutely thought the diagnosis was wrong. Until I read Tony Attwood's Complete Guide to Asperger's. Then it ALL made sense.

and that was our road to diagnosis. She was diagnosed 2 years 8 months ago. The first 2 years after diagnosis were REALLY tough. The past few months, things have started getting a lot better. Thank goodness.