Anyone with a child with this profile?

Posted February 5, 2011 · February 5, 2011

Hi, Sue from Sumatra here again. Thanks for the input on balancing pursuing

gifts and correcting defecits.

Our son had very high scores on the SRS test, but tested within normal range on

the social motivation element. This attribute of his makes him very

challenging. He is just as motivated socially as his NT peers, so he will tend

not to shy away from challenging situations - instead he tries to participate

fully and fails miserably, with a strong physical reaction in the middle of the

activity. As a result, we cannot take him to any unstructured social situations

unless a parent or adult is one-on-one with him the entire time. It would be so

much easier if he were more of a loner - I would so prefer it if we could bring

something along for him to sit and do alone. He is 6 now. Will he come to

better understand his limitations and start to shy away from such situations?

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