Re: Can forms of autism change?

[Guest guest]

I am not a psychologist or an " expert " in autism.

However, from what I have read and experienced, autism

is a spectrum, which means that not every autistic

person is going to have all of the characteristics of

autism; in addition, the characteristics that they do

have are not necessarily going to be the same in

degree as another person with autism.

With regard to Asperger's, there is some disagreement

among the professional community as to whether it is a

form of autism ( " high-functioning " autism) or whether

it is its own distinct condition. ly, who gives

a hoot; there are sufficient similarities that

Asperger's children should receive the same

interventions, if they need it to receive FAPE (free

and appropriate public education). Schools would love

for Asperger's to not qualify for the intensive

behavioral interventions that autistic children can

get; that way they wouldn't have to spend money on the

Asperger's children for expensive programs, such as

ABA.

Secondly, many conditions share characteristics, which

makes diagnosis difficult. It's a matter of seeing

which fits best with the child's presenting symptoms.

Another possibility on changing " forms " as you call

it, is that autism can exist by itself or with other

conditions common to autistic persons, called comorbid

conditions. So perhaps what you are seeing isn't so

much a " changing autism, " as it is an emergence of

comorbid conditions. Ask your friend who is an LD

teacher. She may have information for you.

-- crazydiamond1972

wrote:

....My question is: Is it possible for Autism to

change forms or maybe there was a misdiagnosis? I

have done some extensive reading on the Autism

Spectrum and my best friend is an LD teacher, and it

seems to me that she falls into a number " catergories "

but nothing 100%....

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[Guest guest]

....FWIW autism can be comorbid with other disabilities i.e. my daughter has

CP, ID, epilepsies (uncontrolled), and autism ..... others may have other

opinions ..

good luck

julie robottom

At 10:11 PM 8/13/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>Hello, my name is Kellie and I have a 10 year old daughter who was

>diagnosed Asperger's/PDD 2 years ago. My question is: Is it

>possible for Autism to change forms or maybe there was a

>misdiagnosis? I have done some extensive reading on the Autism

>Spectrum and my best friend is an LD teacher, and it seems to me that

>she falls into a number of " catergories " but nothing 100%.

>(Hyperlexia is one of those) Am I nuts or can something like this

>happen? Thanks.

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

FWIW? Thanks.

-- Robottom wrote:

> ...FWIW autism can be comorbid with other

> disabilities...

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[Guest guest]

....apologies ..FWIW = for what it's worth

I forget and shorthand stuff lately

julie robottom

At 04:10 PM 8/13/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>FWIW? Thanks.

>

>-- Robottom wrote:

> > ...FWIW autism can be comorbid with other

> > disabilities...

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[Guest guest]

I read this e-mail and I might have misunderstood it,

so if I answer the wrong way, don't be mad at me.

I know that like the others said, autism can run hand

in hand with other problems but the way a person

displays thier autism can change, even from day to

day. My teachers used to wonder " what frequency " I was

going to be on that day. I know a boy who is 15 and

has autism like me. He is usally fine, but sometimes

becomes very violent. I am not sure why. At times, he

would fit into a behaviourly disturbed category but

not at others. He can speak fine, so some people would

put him in the Asperbgers category but he is labeld as

extremely autistic. I myself cannot speak well at all

and am mostly non verbal, but I can write so I have

language. I also sign. I know another boy who is

totally non verbal and at 13 has no form of

communication whatsoever. He is very intelligent

though. I also know a boy who is 15 and who has severe

depression and bi-polor disorder and this seems to

make his autism very severe. If you spoke about the

weather with him though (his favorite topic), you

would probably not know much was wrong as he will sit

still and look at you and talk. I myself can sit and

work or watch tv quietly at some points in time and at

other times I flap, bouce and rock. Yeserday I felt

like I just had to keep moving. I don't know why. I

wasn't unhappy or upset or overly happy. I was just

me. I don't understand why sometimes I appear fine and

other times I don't. I also have dyslexia and scotopic

synsetivity syndrome. I don't think those things play

into my behavior though.

I don't know. I think the spectrum is so broad and our

behaviors are so different that it seems like we move

up down the spectrum all the time and depends on what

we are like on the day you see us as to where you

would think in the spectrum we would fall.

Doubt this helped, but there you go.

McLonigan

--- crazydiamond1972

wrote:

> Hello, my name is Kellie and I have a 10 year old

> daughter who was

> diagnosed Asperger's/PDD 2 years ago. My question

> is: Is it

> possible for Autism to change forms or maybe there

> was a

> misdiagnosis? I have done some extensive reading on

> the Autism

> Spectrum and my best friend is an LD teacher, and it

> seems to me that

> she falls into a number of " catergories " but nothing

> 100%.

> (Hyperlexia is one of those) Am I nuts or can

> something like this

> happen? Thanks.

>

>

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[Guest guest]

HELLO~ My 8-year-old son's autism is usually like Asperger's Syndrome. He may also have bipolar syndrome, as I do. I can definitely say that there is no guarantee what he will be like from day to day, sometimes calm and communicative and sometimes hyperactive out of his mind and barely able to talk or understand. ~LANI Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com