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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You describe my AS kid who is 5 and in K.  I did not realize he had anything unusual until he started school, preK, and his teacher suggested he be evaluated.  [b]I observed him at school and barely recognized him:  Like two different kids.[/b]

my child was diagnosed with AS when he was 4.  He is doing much better at school with an IEP, completely mainstreamed at a language immersion school.  I posted about him in the "Growing out of Asperger's" thread.

If you haven't already, please get in touch with Dr Dan Shapiro, who is my son's developmental pediatrician.  He was so helpful when my son first got diagnosed.  he only takes new patients up to 4 yrs old.  Really worth getting if you can.[/quote]

OP, you've received much good information here.    
We too, like pp above, did not realized anything was out of the ordinary until he started K.      At home, he is interactive, affectionate, etc., but at school, birthday parties, camp--basically everywhere else--he is different and stands out.  This only worsened as 1st grade and then 2nd grade came around, and playing at the trains/lego table is no longer the great social skills equalizer.

It became clear that despite numerous therapies and play groups, he was not going to grow out of this and his school was not equipped to mainstream him or do pullouts...so we've moved along to a private SN prgm.

[b]DS PREFERS adults and given a choice will always "hang" with the grownups. [/b]

This line from a pp also stood out to me.  This week, while DS is on break, he begs me each morning to forgo camp and instead let him come to my office--in cubicle land--where he can stop in and see my adult co-workers and talk at them about his narrow range of preferred topics. [/quote]

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