What age was your child diagnosed or flagged for aspergers?

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Problems surfaced in K. Diagnosed in 1st age 7.

[Anonymous]

There is no such thing as asbergers anymore, it's called High-functioning autism. It does open more doors for insurance coverage but in Virginia the mandate requires only up to age 6 and no more than $35k (a damn joke if you ask me).

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^^ everyone knows that. The problem is that "on the spectrum" doesn't provide an adequate explanation for the behaviors presents. So most parents and profs still use High Functioning Aspergers when discussing the behaviors, meds and therapy. The "autistic" label does help in IEPs but you will find most people just say aspergers to convey the behaviors and the issues that make life difficult for their Aspie childdren.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no such thing as asbergers anymore, it's called High-functioning autism. It does open more doors for insurance coverage but in Virginia the mandate requires only up to age 6 and no more than $35k (a damn joke if you ask me).

Btw, there was never any such thing as asbergers. [sic]

DS was diagnosed with AS, not HFA.

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Anonymous wrote:My nephew was 12. It happened when he switched from Private to public school.

Same story. Our private didn't recognize it; our pediatrician didn't recognize it; only when we got into a good public did issues start to flesh out. So we didn't get diagnosis until 14. Girls are sometimes caught late if they are diligent students and don't cause problems. Earlier testers said ADHD, exec. functioniong issues and anxiety. It was Aspergers. And it is VERY noticeable to everyone now as an adult. It was not so as a child. As the child is expected to take on more adult-like activities, like going to college, driving, living alone, applying for a job, making friends at college, writing term papers and managing everything on their own, the exec. functioning and Aspergers issues become a lot more obvious. Transitions are difficult for Aspies.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no such thing as asbergers anymore, it's called High-functioning autism. It does open more doors for insurance coverage but in Virginia the mandate requires only up to age 6 and no more than $35k (a damn joke if you ask me).

But did you know if you say "Aspergers" to Suri, she types out "Ass burgers"? Really!

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aamom wrote:at 10 years old, for years everyone said she was to happy, and social to have aspergers

So what are her symptoms? I'm told the same thing about my DD (she's nearly eight).

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This thread is enlightening. PPs, in retrospect, do you think your DCs would have passed the M-CHAT? Did they show any of the signs as babies/ toddlers?

ASD red flags from CDC:

Not respond to their name by 12 months of age
Not point at objects to show interest (point at an airplane flying over) by 14 months
Not play "pretend" games (pretend to "feed" a doll) by 18 months
Avoid eye contact and want to be alone
Have trouble understanding other people's feelings or talking about their own feelings
Have delayed speech and language skills
Repeat words or phrases over and over (echolalia)
Give unrelated answers to questions
Get upset by minor changes
Have obsessive interests
Flap their hands, rock their body, or spin in circles
Have unusual reactions to the way things sound, smell, taste, look, or feel

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is enlightening. PPs, in retrospect, do you think your DCs would have passed the M-CHAT? Did they show any of the signs as babies/ toddlers?

ASD red flags from CDC:

Not respond to their name by 12 months of age
Not point at objects to show interest (point at an airplane flying over) by 14 months
Not play "pretend" games (pretend to "feed" a doll) by 18 months
Avoid eye contact and want to be alone
Have trouble understanding other people's feelings or talking about their own feelings
Have delayed speech and language skills
Repeat words or phrases over and over (echolalia)
Give unrelated answers to questions
Get upset by minor changes
Have obsessive interests
Flap their hands, rock their body, or spin in circles
Have unusual reactions to the way things sound, smell, taste, look, or feel

I'm one of the PP. It's really hard to remember, since I wasn't paying attention to any of those things at the time. The only thing I can say for certain is that he didn't make much eye contact and he got upset by minor changes -- but don't all toddlers? He never flapped his hands, etc., had no sensory issues (despite an OT saying otherwise), and did not have obsessive interests. Slight speech delay, including names for things coming before names for people in his life (and on the late side). I don't know about the other things.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is enlightening. PPs, in retrospect, do you think your DCs would have passed the M-CHAT? Did they show any of the signs as babies/ toddlers?

ASD red flags from CDC:

Not respond to their name by 12 months of age
Not point at objects to show interest (point at an airplane flying over) by 14 months
Not play "pretend" games (pretend to "feed" a doll) by 18 months
Avoid eye contact and want to be alone
Have trouble understanding other people's feelings or talking about their own feelings
Have delayed speech and language skills
Repeat words or phrases over and over (echolalia)
Give unrelated answers to questions
Get upset by minor changes
Have obsessive interests
Flap their hands, rock their body, or spin in circles
Have unusual reactions to the way things sound, smell, taste, look, or feel

I'm the pp whose entire family including son and nephews shows signs of ASD/Asperger's or have an official diagnosis. My DS and nephews passed every autism screening as infants/toddlers. They respond to their names and their eye contact is normal. Everyone spoke and read early and never flapped, rocked or spun in circles, zero echolalia. Their main signs of ASD was obsessive interests and not engaging/playing with other children once they started school.

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Anonymous wrote:
I'm the pp whose entire family including son and nephews shows signs of ASD/Asperger's or have an official diagnosis. My DS and nephews passed every autism screening as infants/toddlers. They respond to their names and their eye contact is normal. Everyone spoke and read early and never flapped, rocked or spun in circles, zero echolalia. Their main signs of ASD was obsessive interests and not engaging/playing with other children once they started school.

Interesting. Is the ASD very mild for all of them?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I'm the pp whose entire family including son and nephews shows signs of ASD/Asperger's or have an official diagnosis. My DS and nephews passed every autism screening as infants/toddlers. They respond to their names and their eye contact is normal. Everyone spoke and read early and never flapped, rocked or spun in circles, zero echolalia. Their main signs of ASD was obsessive interests and not engaging/playing with other children once they started school.

Interesting. Is the ASD very mild for all of them?

They were all diagnosed with ASD/Asperger's type when they started school. There were no other outward signs and/or problems until you saw them in a group setting, so yes, mild ASD. They are all excellent students without behavior problems, just no friends, so they probably would not have been diagnosed with anything even 10 yrs ago.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is enlightening. PPs, in retrospect, do you think your DCs would have passed the M-CHAT? Did they show any of the signs as babies/ toddlers?

ASD red flags from CDC:

Not respond to their name by 12 months of age
Not point at objects to show interest (point at an airplane flying over) by 14 months
Not play "pretend" games (pretend to "feed" a doll) by 18 months
Avoid eye contact and want to be alone
Have trouble understanding other people's feelings or talking about their own feelings
Have delayed speech and language skills
Repeat words or phrases over and over (echolalia)
Give unrelated answers to questions
Get upset by minor changes
Have obsessive interests
Flap their hands, rock their body, or spin in circles
Have unusual reactions to the way things sound, smell, taste, look, or feel

Not really.
Lack of pointing.
Alternating as a sensory avoidance or seeking.