Guest guest Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Hi everyone, I haven't posted for a long time as my life is just so chaotic. However, I just can't ignore my youngest child's problems any longer. I have 4 children; 20,18,15 and 7. The 2 middle boys have Asperger's diagnoses but present differently. My eldest boy is NT. My husband, and I suspect myself, are on the spectrum somewhere and came together because of our oddities but at the time we weren't able to appreciate this. Anyway, my sister also has 2 boys, both now being picked up for ADHD. I was convinced that girls were immune to ASD but I now think it is there somewhere but insiduously showing itself. I noticed that she had early issues with generalised anxiety and a great reluctance to taking any meds. due to their consistency mainly. Then she became oversensitive to authority figures, Police and uniformed people. Then phobias over insects and spiders developed. None of us have this but my mum did who died in 1986..So no learned behaviour there. Then a fear of doors closing and being trapped inside. Now I can't take her to different places as she panics when stores are about to close or start to put shutters down etc. She doessn't like travel. She hates any sort of heated or lively discussions even if it is polit and civilised. She still insists on using a soother to calm herself after school. She has been identified with literacy and numeracy difficulties but it is the anxiety and oversensitivity which dominates her life. Surely she can't be on the spectrum, can she? Please help with any suggestions or reccomendations! Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 She can be on the spectrum. We know a few girls with ASDs. I'm spectrumy myself. She could have Non verbal learning disability or asperger syndrome or it could be something else. Miriam > > Hi everyone, > > I haven't posted for a long time as my life is just so chaotic. > However, I just can't ignore my youngest child's problems any longer. > I have 4 children; 20,18,15 and 7. The 2 middle boys have Asperger's diagnoses but present differently. My eldest boy is NT. > My husband, and I suspect myself, are on the spectrum somewhere and came together because of our oddities but at the time we weren't able to appreciate this. > Anyway, my sister also has 2 boys, both now being picked up for ADHD. > I was convinced that girls were immune to ASD but I now think it is there somewhere but insiduously showing itself. > I noticed that she had early issues with generalised anxiety and a great reluctance to taking any meds. due to their consistency mainly. Then she became oversensitive to authority figures, Police and uniformed people. Then phobias over insects and spiders developed. None of us have this but my mum did who died in 1986..So no learned behaviour there. Then a fear of doors closing and being trapped inside. > Now I can't take her to different places as she panics when stores are about to close or start to put shutters down etc. > She doessn't like travel. She hates any sort of heated or lively discussions even if it is polit and civilised. > She still insists on using a soother to calm herself after school. > She has been identified with literacy and numeracy difficulties but it is the anxiety and oversensitivity which dominates her life. > Surely she can't be on the spectrum, can she? > > Please help with any suggestions or reccomendations! > Jackie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 My daughter has AS with NLD. I always could see from a baby she was over stimulated by new visual settings. She always did best 1:1 with peers and got fearful when there was a group of kids. My daughter is soooooo fearful of doctors and medication. She is easily overwhelmed. One of the traits I think of AS kidos is a great ability to regulate emotions by distracting themselves with their special interest. Is your daughter like that? My daughter's hobby is so typical to, dogs, pets etc. My daughter has many fears. I think the root of my daughters fears is that she gets overwhelemed and does not know why. My daughter does have NLD which means she has a slow processing speed(over simiplification). The world moves too fast for her and then she panics. (this is me too but I always knew the world moved to fast for me so I moved at a slower pace. My daughter seems to lack this insight). In the summer when there is less school stress her fears are reduced greatly. If your daughter has issues with math calculations, visual spatial overload, can't catch a ball, is disorganized suspect Non Verbal Learning Disorder (NLD). If she is good in calculations, ok in PE, social anxiety, anxiety, phobias, sensory sensitive, missing the big picture then maybe it is AS (not NLD)and executuve function deficit (attention, transitioning). Does she talk to much about her special interests, even if her interests change? If she is an anxious kid only chances are she would catch on quickly in social skill classes and do better in quieter more nuturing settings. Anxious kids may do well in therapy or expoure response therapy where AS kids don't usually like to talk about there feelings (again a genraalization). I hope this helps. Tell us more. Pam > I was convinced that girls were immune to ASD but I now think it is there somewhere but insiduously showing itself. > I noticed that she had early issues with generalised anxiety and a great reluctance to taking any meds. due to their consistency mainly. Then she became oversensitive to authority figures, Police and uniformed people. Then phobias over insects and spiders developed. None of us have this but my mum did who died in 1986..So no learned behaviour there. Then a fear of doors closing and being trapped inside. > Now I can't take her to different places as she panics when stores are about to close or start to put shutters down etc. > She doessn't like travel. She hates any sort of heated or lively discussions even if it is polit and civilised. > She still insists on using a soother to calm herself after school. > She has been identified with literacy and numeracy difficulties but it is the anxiety and oversensitivity which dominates her life. > Surely she can't be on the spectrum, can she? > > Please help with any suggestions or reccomendations! > Jackie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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