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<blockquote data-quote="Jamieh" data-source="post: 570322" data-attributes="member: 15718"><p>Thanks so much for the encouraging words. It seems overwhelming at the moment. I really feel that my oldest has Asperger's. He shows a lot of signs of it. But I know that a lot of symptoms of Asperger's are also signs of ADHD. I'll answer the questions for both boys. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000">1/Did both boys like to cuddle with you when they were infants? Did they look straight at you? Do they have good eye contact with both family AND strangers? </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p>E- He cuddled a little. Always looked at us and made pretty well contact with- eyes. I don't remember about strangers tho. Now he has a hard time making eye contact when he is talking. He looks up and around and he will pace back and forth or walk in circles while he talks. He also walks on his tip toes when talking about something that excites him. He sees an Occupational Therapist (OT) for his sensory issues. He has a lot of them. </p><p></p><p>Z- He has always been a cuddler. He still sleeps with me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> He looks straight at me and has always made eye contact. He is very shy around stangers and hides behind me when someone he doesn't know speaks to him. His biggest issue is speech. He tested well out of his age bracket on the developmental testing that was done by the school. The only reason he got into the dev. preschool is because is considered language impaired. He gets speech 2 days a week at school (group) and right now because of the expense we can only afford 1 day of private ST. But in Jan we are going to try and start 2 days of private.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000">2/Did they reach all their physical milestones on time...walking, sitting, turning over, crawling, mimicking you? They both met all on time. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000">3/Do they play normally with toys or do they take them apart, ignore them or line them up or just use them in unconventional ways?</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>E- Lines toys up in rows. Freaks out if someone messes them up.</p><p>Z- takes stuff apart and will take toys and put in bags and carry around with- him all day. I call him my little hoarder. We have so many bags of junk in this house that he has stuffed. Its crazy the stuff I find in them. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000">4/Do they have any strange eccentricities, such as throat clearing, or tics, or eating non-food items, or making loud, nonsense noises or anything that you don't see other children doing? Do they rock or try to bang their heads?</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>E- Makes obnoxious noises a lot. Like while watching tv he will just start chirping really loudly...like a really annoying bird. lol He has a wide variety of noises he makes. He also does this twisting thing with- his hand. In the bed he twists his pillow case until he falls asleep. He has done this since he was an infant. *he also co-slept with me* </p><p></p><p>Z- does none of that. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000">5/Do they relate to their same age peers or do they play more beside them...or do they get aggressive with them or steal their toys?</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>E- has a hard time with other kids. He gets very upset when other kids don't play by his rules. He tries to have friendships but he gets so frustrated with other kids. He does much better with older kids or adults. </p><p>Z- He is getting better about playing with other kids. He even attempts to talk to them some now. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000">6/Any sensitivities to change in routine, the taste or feel of certain material, foods or loud noise (outside of their own loud noise?).</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p>E- changes are hard...very very hard for him to accept. we have to prepare him for everything. Every day we have to give him 5-10 min warnings before we leave, bath, bedtime. He cannot handle loud noises. He freaks out. We learned the hard way that a monster truck show was not the best idea for him. He also gets obsessed with stuff. He has been obsessed with green since he was tiny. he knew his colors before he was 1. He could say them all. And he would always pick up green everything. And now everything HAS to be green. He freaks out if its not. He wears green every single day. He also gets obsessed with certain toys. We went thru Thomas the Train. We had to have every single one. Then he went to Power rangers...that lasted for about 4 months. Then Monster trucks. Now its GI Joes. </p><p></p><p>I know I added some stuff in there. Z doesn't have as many issues as E. His is mostly just his speech. Neither of my boys are aggressive. E just has really really horrific meltdowns if something doesn't go according to his plan or if we change something on him. I feel like I am constantly having to assess every activity we plan to do and ask myself 'can E handle this?' We stay home a lot and skip a lot of get together because its just now worth the stress it causes. </p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jamieh, post: 570322, member: 15718"] Thanks so much for the encouraging words. It seems overwhelming at the moment. I really feel that my oldest has Asperger's. He shows a lot of signs of it. But I know that a lot of symptoms of Asperger's are also signs of ADHD. I'll answer the questions for both boys. [COLOR=#000000]1/Did both boys like to cuddle with you when they were infants? Did they look straight at you? Do they have good eye contact with both family AND strangers? [/COLOR] E- He cuddled a little. Always looked at us and made pretty well contact with- eyes. I don't remember about strangers tho. Now he has a hard time making eye contact when he is talking. He looks up and around and he will pace back and forth or walk in circles while he talks. He also walks on his tip toes when talking about something that excites him. He sees an Occupational Therapist (OT) for his sensory issues. He has a lot of them. Z- He has always been a cuddler. He still sleeps with me ;) He looks straight at me and has always made eye contact. He is very shy around stangers and hides behind me when someone he doesn't know speaks to him. His biggest issue is speech. He tested well out of his age bracket on the developmental testing that was done by the school. The only reason he got into the dev. preschool is because is considered language impaired. He gets speech 2 days a week at school (group) and right now because of the expense we can only afford 1 day of private ST. But in Jan we are going to try and start 2 days of private. [COLOR=#000000]2/Did they reach all their physical milestones on time...walking, sitting, turning over, crawling, mimicking you? They both met all on time. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]3/Do they play normally with toys or do they take them apart, ignore them or line them up or just use them in unconventional ways? [/COLOR]E- Lines toys up in rows. Freaks out if someone messes them up. Z- takes stuff apart and will take toys and put in bags and carry around with- him all day. I call him my little hoarder. We have so many bags of junk in this house that he has stuffed. Its crazy the stuff I find in them. [COLOR=#000000]4/Do they have any strange eccentricities, such as throat clearing, or tics, or eating non-food items, or making loud, nonsense noises or anything that you don't see other children doing? Do they rock or try to bang their heads? [/COLOR]E- Makes obnoxious noises a lot. Like while watching tv he will just start chirping really loudly...like a really annoying bird. lol He has a wide variety of noises he makes. He also does this twisting thing with- his hand. In the bed he twists his pillow case until he falls asleep. He has done this since he was an infant. *he also co-slept with me* Z- does none of that. [COLOR=#000000]5/Do they relate to their same age peers or do they play more beside them...or do they get aggressive with them or steal their toys? [/COLOR]E- has a hard time with other kids. He gets very upset when other kids don't play by his rules. He tries to have friendships but he gets so frustrated with other kids. He does much better with older kids or adults. Z- He is getting better about playing with other kids. He even attempts to talk to them some now. [COLOR=#000000]6/Any sensitivities to change in routine, the taste or feel of certain material, foods or loud noise (outside of their own loud noise?). [/COLOR] E- changes are hard...very very hard for him to accept. we have to prepare him for everything. Every day we have to give him 5-10 min warnings before we leave, bath, bedtime. He cannot handle loud noises. He freaks out. We learned the hard way that a monster truck show was not the best idea for him. He also gets obsessed with stuff. He has been obsessed with green since he was tiny. he knew his colors before he was 1. He could say them all. And he would always pick up green everything. And now everything HAS to be green. He freaks out if its not. He wears green every single day. He also gets obsessed with certain toys. We went thru Thomas the Train. We had to have every single one. Then he went to Power rangers...that lasted for about 4 months. Then Monster trucks. Now its GI Joes. I know I added some stuff in there. Z doesn't have as many issues as E. His is mostly just his speech. Neither of my boys are aggressive. E just has really really horrific meltdowns if something doesn't go according to his plan or if we change something on him. I feel like I am constantly having to assess every activity we plan to do and ask myself 'can E handle this?' We stay home a lot and skip a lot of get together because its just now worth the stress it causes. [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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