Re: Dual DX DS-Aspberger's

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In a message dated 2/16/2006 9:46:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

K@... writes:

Therese wrote: " I wonder if there is such a thing as a DS/Asperger

child. "

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Don't ALL kids with ds have developmental delays but not ALL kids with

autism do, right? But, they could. So, why couldn't the two coexist? Isn't

Aspergers a form of autism?

Gail :-)

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You are so right, ! It doesn't matter what dx they

get-PDD-NOS/Aspergers, etc..as long as everyone knows DS is not the only

issue, and it is dealt with with the proper interventions.

Liz

Dual DX DS-Aspberger's

> Therese wrote: " I wonder if there is such a thing as a DS/Asperger

> child. "

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> Hi guys - I am , a 99.7% lurker who every once in a while

> decides to hop into the conversation. LOL - I had the good fortune

> to have breakfast today with CK - always a treat - so maybe

> I'm feeling more " social " today!!

>

> Anyways, I had to hop in on this one. When my son, Jimmy (age 14,

> diagnosed with PDD-NOS at age 12) was diagnosed, I asked our

> developmental pediatrician if he had ever diagnosed a child with DS

> with Asperger's. I had just read a book " A Parents' Guide to

> Asperger Syndrome " , and thought that the description fit Jimmy to

> a " t " . Specifically, he does have communication skills, but doesn't

> always use them appropriately and has trouble with social skills. He

> easily answers who, what, where questions - but gets really stuck

> on " why " . He has unbelievable puzzle skills. He loves science, and

> has encyclopedic knowledge about animals. His reading and math

> skills are better than many kids with DS.

>

> Anyway, after describing all of this, my developmental pediatrician

> looked at me sadly and said, " Oh, .... it's not possible for

> Jimmy to have Asperger's. Kids with Asperger's by definition do not

> have any developmental delays .... they have average or above average

> intelligence. " Well, I pointed out to him that Jimmy DOES have

> average or above average intelligence - for someone with three 21st

> chromosomes. No dice, though, the doc refused to be convinced!! So

> we got a plain old PDD-NOS diagnosis instead.

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> Of course, it doesn't really matter WHAT the diagnosis is - just that

> he gets the services and supports he needs. What a punkin he is -

> although, as I said to CK today at breakfast, he is fast becoming a

> hairy, horny, he-man kind of punkin!!! Ah, puberty ....

>

> But that, of course, is a whole other post!

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In a message dated 2/16/2006 10:11:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

smilinggail@... writes:

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Don't ALL kids with ds have developmental delays but not ALL kids with

autism do, right? But, they could. So, why couldn't the two coexist?

Isn't

Aspergers a form of autism?

Gail :-)

Gail,

I believe the percentage is that 25% of kids with autism do NOT have MR.

I may be wrong but I believe that kids with aspergers do not have MR.

Obviously, they have social delays and sensory integration issues, but lots of

people have that with no MR OR aspergers.

Donna

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" I wonder if there is such a thing as a DS/Asperger

> child. "

's psychiatrist entertained the idea when he first met with me -

then he met and ruled that out. I would have thought Dr.

Capone would have dx that earlier if he had had aspergers.