Re: my son does this weird thing with his eyes

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Hi

Has he had his eyes checked lately ??? Maybe this is something physical.

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brenda

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Lowry

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From: sjuliesmom@...Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:36:00 +0000Subject: ( ) my son does this weird thing with his eyes

Hi,My son's asperger's issues have become so overwheleming lately. It is like a switch went off after the holiday break. He has ilke 3-4 fixations daily. One thing he does that I can't stand is something with his eyes. He has always had good eye contact as far as I know but over the past year we noticed he kind of doesn't look right in our eyes. When he seems to be drifting into a thought it looks like one eye moves over and he is looking at something other than our eyes. It is weird to explain, i don't mean you can see his eye ball move over. it's like if you stare at the spot in between the eyes. does anyone know what i am talking about? i really hope so. it is making me nuts. i don't want him to do that to anyone, people will get annoyed and think he isn't listening or that he is strange.

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Hi ,

I agree with ... maybe check into seeing whether or not there

is something " physical " to the change in eye movement. Do you have

any concern about his focus when this happens? Hard to explain, but

do you feel he is 'drifting off in space' at all? The reason I ask

(and I hope I don't worry you further) is my daughter, we learned,

was having absence seizures. Very brief spans - no more than a second

or so - where she would drift off into, what seemed, her own world.

Velvet

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> Hi

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> Has he had his eyes checked lately ??? Maybe this is something

physical.

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> hugs

> brenda

> Wags! Wags! Wags!

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> Lowry

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> " There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your

face. "

> Author Ben

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> @...: sjuliesmom@...: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:36:00

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> Hi,My son's asperger's issues have become so overwheleming lately.

It is like a switch went off after the holiday break. He has ilke 3-4

fixations daily. One thing he does that I can't stand is something

with his eyes. He has always had good eye contact as far as I know

but over the past year we noticed he kind of doesn't look right in

our eyes. When he seems to be drifting into a thought it looks like

one eye moves over and he is looking at something other than our

eyes. It is weird to explain, i don't mean you can see his eye ball

move over. it's like if you stare at the spot in between the eyes.

does anyone know what i am talking about? i really hope so. it is

making me nuts. i don't want him to do that to anyone, people will

get annoyed and think he isn't listening or that he is

strange.

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Kids with autism spectrum disorders often have vision problems that

regular optomotrists don't know how to diagnose. My son was

diagnosed by a Dr. Shidlofsky. He gets an acknowledgement in

the book The Out of Sync child. He works with lots of kids who have

AS, learning disabilities etc. If you go on to his website you can

learn more about this. http://www.dr-s.net/ In addition to learning

about what these doctors do you can find a doctor in your area who

does the same thing. You need to click the " directory " link and fill

in the information. My son's behavior improved once he got his prism

lenses and he's going to be getting vision therapy to help with his

tracking and convergence problems. Let me know how it goes.

Miriam

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> Hi,

>

> My son's asperger's issues have become so overwheleming lately. It

is

> like a switch went off after the holiday break. He has ilke 3-4

> fixations daily. One thing he does that I can't stand is something

> with his eyes. He has always had good eye contact as far as I know

but

> over the past year we noticed he kind of doesn't look right in our

> eyes. When he seems to be drifting into a thought it looks like

one

> eye moves over and he is looking at something other than our eyes.

It

> is weird to explain, i don't mean you can see his eye ball move

over.

> it's like if you stare at the spot in between the eyes.

>

> does anyone know what i am talking about? i really hope so. it is

> making me nuts. i don't want him to do that to anyone, people will

get

> annoyed and think he isn't listening or that he is strange.

>

>

>

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Hi . Our son started out without eye contact. That was one of the biggies for the dx. So,,,,,,,,,,,the lack of eye contact AND an AS diagnoses sounds like it fits. But, since it's a new "behavior",,,,,it wouldn't hurt to check it out. Keep us posted. Have a good day!!! Robin <sjuliesmom@...> wrote: Hi,My son's asperger's issues have become so overwheleming lately. It is like a switch went off after the holiday break. He has ilke

3-4 fixations daily. One thing he does that I can't stand is something with his eyes. He has always had good eye contact as far as I know but over the past year we noticed he kind of doesn't look right in our eyes. When he seems to be drifting into a thought it looks like one eye moves over and he is looking at something other than our eyes. It is weird to explain, i don't mean you can see his eye ball move over. it's like if you stare at the spot in between the eyes. does anyone know what i am talking about? i really hope so. it is making me nuts. i don't want him to do that to anyone, people will get annoyed and think he isn't listening or that he is strange.

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it is weird that you said that because my mother just gave me an

article about not knowing that your child could be having a small

seizure when their eyes might look far away. I will check into it

right away. the thing is it happens when he is upset, it doesn't

seem to happen unvoluntary. you know what i mean,

well i guess this is just another thing now i have to research.

i am having such a hard time with him. he has so many issues.

melissa

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> >

> > Hi

> >

> > Has he had his eyes checked lately ??? Maybe this is something

> physical.

> >

> > hugs

> > brenda

> > Wags! Wags! Wags!

> >

> > Lowry

> >

> > " There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your

> face. "

> > Author Ben

> >

> >

> > @: sjuliesmom@: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:36:00

> +0000Subject: ( ) my son does this weird thing with

> his eyes

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Hi,My son's asperger's issues have become so overwheleming

lately.

> It is like a switch went off after the holiday break. He has ilke

3-4

> fixations daily. One thing he does that I can't stand is something

> with his eyes. He has always had good eye contact as far as I know

> but over the past year we noticed he kind of doesn't look right in

> our eyes. When he seems to be drifting into a thought it looks

like

> one eye moves over and he is looking at something other than our

> eyes. It is weird to explain, i don't mean you can see his eye

ball

> move over. it's like if you stare at the spot in between the eyes.

> does anyone know what i am talking about? i really hope so. it is

> making me nuts. i don't want him to do that to anyone, people will

> get annoyed and think he isn't listening or that he is

> strange.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > _________________________________________________________________

> >

>

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: How old is your son? My son was DX last summer. It wasn't a slam dunk. The Developmental Specialist basically put a composite based on a variety of behaviors to come up with it. He has pretty good eye contact, is affectionate, overly friendly, etc. However, his ackward socialization, speech issues, dysgraphia all pointed towards AS. As he gets closer to 8, we are seeing OCD type behaviors which he never had b4. I am not an expert in AS but thought I read that it tends to get DX and behaviors emerge when kids start elementary school. We had some friends with an AS son, who when he hit puberty his behaviors became so severe that he was DX as Autistic. and/or Robin Lemke <jrisjs@...> wrote: Hi . Our son started out without eye contact. That was one of the biggies for the dx. So,,,,,,,,,,,the lack of eye contact AND an AS diagnoses sounds like it fits. But, since it's a new "behavior",,,,,it wouldn't hurt to check it out. Keep us posted. Have a good day!!! Robin <sjuliesmomverizon (DOT) net> wrote: Hi,My son's asperger's issues have become so overwheleming lately. It is like a switch went off after the holiday

break. He has ilke 3-4 fixations daily. One thing he does that I can't stand is something with his eyes. He has always had good eye contact as far as I know but over the past year we noticed he kind of doesn't look right in our eyes. When he seems to be drifting into a thought it looks like one eye moves over and he is looking at something other than our eyes. It is weird to explain, i don't mean you can see his eye ball move over. it's like if you stare at the spot in between the eyes. does anyone know what i am talking about? i really hope so. it is making me nuts. i don't want him to do that to anyone, people will get annoyed and think he isn't listening or that he is strange. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now.

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Excellent information; they are called DEVELOPMENTAL EYE SPECIALISTS, and they have more training than your eye doctor; thus, your eye doctor is NOT supposed to even tell you---our's knew, and was soooooo glad we found out for our son---so, for six years, he went undiagnosed---in a year, he has completed vision therapy; we did not know he had an eye that went out and that was making his ability to learn that much harder....urgh...Ruthie

( ) Re: my son does this weird thing with his eyes

Kids with autism spectrum disorders often have vision problems that regular optomotrists don't know how to diagnose. My son was diagnosed by a Dr. Shidlofsky. He gets an acknowledgement in the book The Out of Sync child. He works with lots of kids who have AS, learning disabilities etc. If you go on to his website you can learn more about this. http://www.dr-s.net/ In addition to learning about what these doctors do you can find a doctor in your area who does the same thing. You need to click the "directory" link and fill in the information. My son's behavior improved once he got his prism lenses and he's going to be getting vision therapy to help with his tracking and convergence problems. Let me know how it goes.Miriam>> Hi,> > My son's asperger's issues have become so overwheleming lately. It is > like a switch went off after the holiday break. He has ilke 3-4 > fixations daily. One thing he does that I can't stand is something > with his eyes. He has always had good eye contact as far as I know but > over the past year we noticed he kind of doesn't look right in our > eyes. When he seems to be drifting into a thought it looks like one > eye moves over and he is looking at something other than our eyes. It > is weird to explain, i don't mean you can see his eye ball move over. > it's like if you stare at the spot in between the eyes. > > does anyone know what i am talking about? i really hope so. it is > making me nuts. i don't want him to do that to anyone, people will get > annoyed and think he isn't listening or that he is strange.> > >