Frustrated, when family doesn't believe your child is asperg

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Two of the criteria for a diagnosis of AS is that the person must have at least average intelligence and no life skills delays other than social. The person also may not have clinically significant language delays. If she has such profound life skills and language delays, and is intellectually impaired to such an extent then she should not have received a diagnosis of AS but perhaps would meet the criteria of a diagnosis of HFA or PDDNOS.

The flu, pertussis, and the common cold all have similar symptoms but they are not the same thing and must be dealt with differently.

The common cold will run it's course and is generally not much of a threat to the majority of individuals.

Pertussis is not much different than the common cold in adults, however entails coughing fits which can prove fatal to infants and the elderly, and should be vaccinated against. If one contracts pertussis it's advised that they be started on anti-biotics and refrain from venturing out in public to limit the spread of the infection.

The flu can be treated with tamiflu if caught early, and left unchecked, some strains have resulted in epidemics that have caused significant loss of human life.

The original poster is being faced with the difficulties she is being faced with because she is assigning a definition to her child which does not properly fit her child. So it is not an issue of semantics any more than calling a cold, the flu, and pertussis the same thing is.

Sometimes the differences matter more than the similarities.

Wow, such a lovely drawing! A noble beast indeed.

I work as an SEN teacher in a centre for children with speech and language problems within a mainstream school. The entry criteria is that they must have age-appropriate skills in all areas except speech and language. The truth is, though, it's very hard to identify, sometimes, whether their lack of, say, writing ability is due to a language difficulty, a speech sound production difficulty, or something else entirely. We find that most of our children have difficulty retaining information and need to be taught things lots of times. Some of our children are very bright, and score really highly on non-verbal tests. Some of them, less so. Some turn out to have general learning difficulties after receiving intensive speech therapy for a while. Sometimes we have children with ASD diagnoses co-morbid with the SLD. Sometimes it's Asperger's. I think it's very difficult to always be certain that you have the 'right' label. Sometimes where one label ends and the next begins isn't so obvious, especially when there are 2 or 3.

As for your daughter, I imagine that prolonged exposure to her would 'cure' your family of thinking she can cope OK. Perhaps they could come and visit for a little longer and see for themselves?

Her dragon reminds me a little of Blake.

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