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[quote=Anonymous]Oldest is a teenager now, about to go off to college, so I am certain of no autism.

He still loves patterns and numbers ;)

[quote=Anonymous]My oldest was incredibly focused on colors, patterns, numbers and words.

He was also very social.

He ended up highly gifted (142 IQ) but no autism or aspergers.

We have aspies in our family and patterns/counting/loving numbers etc does not equal autistic spectrum nor does speech delay.

There is a disconnect socially that is obvious with aspies, including incessant talking/fixation on their favorite topic (it can come off as a non stop, monotone monologue or a passionate diatribe that you cannot stop or interrupt), lack of eye contact, sensory overload/shutting down when things are overwhelming, and not understanding or relating to normal body and face cues that most people get right away.

If your kid is fine socially, he is probably just a kid who likes numbers and patterns, or a kid who might do well on gifted testing screening (which looks at those things) and probably does not have aspergers.[/quote][/quote]

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