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EzraS
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04 Mar 2014, 7:10 am

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I have been following this thread as it gives me GREAT hope for my own son, who has been "diagnosed" with autism, intellectual disability and dyspraxia. He is still nonverbal but seems to be understanding more these days. He cannot do simple inset puzzles but just recently learned to complete a shape sorter. I honestly don't know if he does not "get it" or if he is just uninterested or is unable to finish a task because he is inattentive and distracted. I have a feeling that he will eventually earn the label "ADHD", too.

I think all of you are fine people and I am quite shocked at how you consider yourselves "challenged" despite having such a wonderful ability to express your thoughts & feelings. You have all given me great great great hope for my little boy. Maybe one day he will communicate with me by writing to me, even if he chooses not to talk.

Thank you all again for this thread.


I asked my mom and dad (via text) at dinner if I had been diagnosed intellectually disabled, and their faces went blank for a few seconds. Have had so many diagnosis and prognosis, it's hard for them to keep track and often have to look through my gigantic folder. Something along the lines of "learning impaired" is more accurate. The word "disability" comes in to play with the dysparaxia. And I also have ADHD. Do not under estimate your son's ability to understand, especially when he is being talked about where he can hear what is being said. I wish that being able to be a good forum poster counted for much. When it comes to being challenged, give me a small grocery list and ask me to walk over to the corner store, get that stuff, and make sure I get the correct change back and then return with everyting. I guarantee you that will not work out well at all :P. My impairments get me down, but I can have a sense of humor about them too. Love, support, patience and acceptance from my family has been the most important thing to my development and progress.



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04 Mar 2014, 1:11 pm

EzraS wrote:
When it comes to being challenged, give me a small grocery list and ask me to walk over to the corner store, get that stuff, and make sure I get the correct change back and then return with everyting. I guarantee you that will not work out well at all Razz. My impairments get me down, but I can have a sense of humor about them too. Love, support, patience and acceptance from my family has been the most important thing to my development and progress.


I am challenged with money and doing several things. Self loves this post!


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04 Mar 2014, 6:33 pm

I've never been IQ-tested, but I was always academically gifted from elementary school through grad school and my verbal skills have always been high. In the social aspects of my job, I goofed up, but was otherwise a natural as a reference librarian. However, I noticed something interesting when I watched several episodes of Brain Games consecutively yesterday evening and compared myself to expected performance. My performance was absolutely abysmal on tasks emphasizing processing in the prefrontal cortex while I tended to do better than the average person on tasks merely requiring attention to or recall of detail. Abnormal or overdevelopment of the prefrontal cortex has been cited in connection with autism.