Other syndromes?

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With the talk of hyperlexia on here, which I had never heard of it

made me remember we have had many similiar conversations. I learned

about dysgraphia from here etc.

Well I know I mentioned my son before but was curious about what age

other syndromes are typically dx. Well heck even asp and hfa since I

see it so often on here that kids are being dx at 8, 9, all the way to

13ish. I always thought these things were more typically dx before 5

so have been worried about my son. But at the same time I read on

here that apd is not dx until later. Or what if it is just adhd which

is dx later. Or is it a 3 year old phase. Has anyone else ended up

paranoid about other kids b/c their aspie or hfa was dx so late? I

want to give him the oppurtunity to outgrow the phase but don't want

to be dx a pdd at 9 like I did with my dd. Especially when ryans law

here only applies to dx by age 8.

My son is 3.5. I don't know what other tests to have done on his

hearing if that's it. He's now passing hearing tests and yes I

understand when you are at less than 1% it will take time to catch up

but after 2 yrs of therapy I would expect to have made it up to at

least 5% or something. He doesn't talk a lot (he has 4 sisters who

do). But his receptive language is above his age and his expressive

is on target. Only thing I would say is he doesn't always use all his

prepositions and pronouns and uses me instead of I some. But

otherwise he speaks in full paragraphs. Paragraphs of vowels that is.

He can make the sounds for b, p, m, f, d, and t but doesn't usually

in words.

Aside from articulation we have noticed some sensory stuff. The

sensitive about his ears (sounds as well as water touching his ears,

etc) could be attributed to already having had 2 ear surgeries. But

that doesn't explain the fear (I mean in some cases a deathly fear)

he had/has of those spiky balls, silly string, bounce houses,

characters, etc

And of course his tantrums could be attributed to frustration over his

communication issues. But does that really explain the duration and

intensity of his tantrums. His " persistance " and his kicking and

hitting?

Socially I can't decide. He seems to play with other kids if they are

the leader or will follow his sister doing what she does but it is

hard to say about on his own b/c he isn't on his own much.

I worry about these little things but at the same time his sisters

issues showed up between 1 and 2 and his was a good year later. His

sister was so against sociallizing she wouldn't play on a playground

that had kids on it at all. And he does come sit with me and suck his

finger for a break but will also play.

This is my 1st boy so can someone tell me if this is how boys are? Is

there something with the hearing I have missed a test for? Or is

there some issue other than hearing that would cause severe

articulation delay? Could apd cause just articulation (not other

speech) issues and how and when do they test for it.

I have read 3 books on speech delays recently and can't find the

answers, they all talk about just the typical stuff. I am looking b/c

if there is an issue that he needs help with I want the school to do

the testing this summer before school starts again. Or if it is

hearing or ??? I want to be able to work on that before he starts 4k

in fall 2011

On 5/13/10, april_qian <april_qian@...> wrote:

> I agree it sounds like hyperlexia. My ds (4.2) is like that. He started

> reading and writing before 3 and now does so in Chinese too. He can use all

> the common electronics including my iPod to play his shows, listen to music,

> etc. But he does not talk or play with his peers, until recently. Roxanne

> has some good previous posts and also check

> http://www.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?user=ParentsForum

>

> I haven't found any group just for hyperlexia that is active and local yet.

> If you guys are interested we can search together. Please let me know if you

> find anything else interesting.

>

>

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