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jaydog
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22 Jan 2008, 3:10 pm

Hope and support after Aspergers
A 10-year-old girl refuses to wear anything but her bathing suit. In winter. To school. To the distress of her parents.

A 12-year-old boy is obsessed with Toronto's transit system, memorizing the location and number of every city bus and subway route.

Normal-looking and normal-behaving in many ways, these are GTA children with Asperger Syndrome, commonly thought of as a form of high-functioning autism. But it's rare and frequently misdiagnosed as an attention deficit or anxiety disorder, or even giftedness.

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22 Jan 2008, 5:54 pm

Great article! I get so sick of hearing parents that react like their child has just received a death sentence, upon diagnoses. This is the more positive outlook to take.


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