After reading this article, I wondered what everybody else's perception is on Children Behaving Badly.
What percentage of children diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum are correctly diagnosed?
After reading this article, I wondered what everybody else's perception is on Children Behaving Badly.
What percentage of children diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum are correctly diagnosed?
After reading this article, I wondered what everybody else's perception is on Children Behaving Badly.
What percentage of children diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum are correctly diagnosed?
If this girl is representative in any way of somebody with autism or somebody with symtpoms that fall on the spectrum I see no reason why we shouldn't offer social coaching, learning techniques, and other programs to these children.
I have a child right now that has been diagnosed with ADHD, Manic Depressive Disorder, and Aspergers. Each diagnosis being by a separate doctor. One being a pediatrician, the next being a psychologist, and the most recent being a pediatric cognitive behavioral therapist (thats a mouthful of a job title).
In the end, I don't know what is wrong with the child. You cannot discipline him because he has forgotten about it a few minutes later (seriously, the boy's short term memory is terrible). And its hard to teach someone a lesson if they can't remember anything about the situation. Yet if you talk about one of his obsessive subjects, he could give you a dissertation. He has been given several IQ tests and they range from 150 to 155. Also, he has the weirdest phobias. He plays in the mud yet he is a germaphobe. If you give him a "don't do that look" he literally is afraid someone is going to attack him (which is especially annoying when we go out to dinner). When he talks, he stutters because he cannot get his thoughts out quickly enough and wants to get them out before he forgets them again. He also has some fairly severe fine motor skills issues. Especially with things like writing or tying his shoes. He also has no sense of time. However, I have played games with him and have gotten him to do fairly complex equations in his head.
One of my specialty areas is Asperger's Syndrome. Similar to ADD/ADHD, it is slowly becoming a "garbage can" diagnosis. If a child is showing ANY social "oddities", they get pigeon-holed with this. It's really not as common as one might think with all the talk of it and requires someone trained in being able to diagnose the disorder. There are certain criteria that must be met. Just being "odd" or having social difficulties isn't enough.
How old is your son?
From personal experience, I would say that a lot of the kids diagnosed with various forms of autism are just late bloomers and introverts. I would wait until at least post-puberty to make a diagnosis like that, especially since there's not really any treatment you would want to start at a young age.
From personal experience, I would say that a lot of the kids diagnosed with various forms of autism are just late bloomers and introverts. I would wait until at least post-puberty to make a diagnosis like that, especially since there's not really any treatment you would want to start at a young age.
In my opinion and personal experiance, 9 times outta 10 if a child misbehaves constantly it is because the parents spoiled the crap outta the kids or did not or were too afraid to properly discipline the kids.
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