Asperger's and OCD

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Im 40 years old, I've had OCD since I was 13 years old, at least the dr confirmed it when I was 13, might of had it earlier. I have two children, a little boy and a teenage girl. My daughter has OCD as well and I believe there is more to it, but she refused to get a diagnoses. My son was born at 25 weeks, up until now he has just been considered to be speech delay. Last week his teacher suggested that he should be seen by a developmental doctor, she and I both think that he might have Aspergers.

Since looking at this site and doing some reading online I see alot of OCD with Aspergers. I know at one point I thought that he had OCD. Now I'm wondering if my daughter and I plus my son has Aspergers.

I'm very new to all of this, I was hoping that somone might have some insight.

Thank you
Michelle

I think it's a good idea to see a developmental psychologist, but if your son is speech delayed he won't (or at least shouldn't) receive an Aspergers diagnosis, as normal speech development is currently one of the requirements for an AS diagnosis.

This is where I get confused. My son had around 10-15 words when he was 2 1/2 years old. He didn't start to speak fully until he was 3. In between all of this he learned all of his letters, shapes, numbers and his colors. Now he is 4, he doesnt echo anymore, but he can't have that back and forth conversation, thats why I thought he had Aspergers.

He knows how to spell all of the childrens names in his class, plus his, the teachers and my name too.

You should see him with his numbers, he can count into the 40's and 50's. He has these foam numbers that he plays with, if he has a two in one hand and a nine in another hand he will say look 29 then change them and say 92.

He is just an amazing little boy in my eyes. Im just so confused as to what I need to do for him.

This is where I get confused. My son had around 10-15 words when he was 2 1/2 years old. He didn't start to speak fully until he was 3. In between all of this he learned all of his letters, shapes, numbers and his colors. Now he is 4, he doesnt echo anymore, but he can't have that back and forth conversation, thats why I thought he had Aspergers.

He knows how to spell all of the childrens names in his class, plus his, the teachers and my name too.

You should see him with his numbers, he can count into the 40's and 50's. He has these foam numbers that he plays with, if he has a two in one hand and a nine in another hand he will say look 29 then change them and say 92.

He is just an amazing little boy in my eyes. Im just so confused as to what I need to do for him.

He may get a high functioning autism diagnosis (speech delay is common there I think), or perhaps he is just gifted. Or some other label we can't anticipate. The only thing you need to do right now is find a professional you trust and have a good rapport with, to evaluate your son. Then you can plan next steps as needed.

Thank you both so much. You have really given me a lot to think about. This is something I know nothing about and I want to know all I can so that I can help him and find him the right help as well.

Thank you
Michelle