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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hope so.  ASD is a big spectrum.   His father and grandfather and great grand.... All did and went to the same Ivy League school.  Father and grandfather would have gotten an ASD diagnosis if they were kids now.  Don't know about great grand.   In fact, lots of people speculate that Hans Asperger had many of the same namesake traits he is famous for first describing.[/quote]

They all attended elite private prep schools including New England boarding schools.  We expect to do the same with DS since he has no academic or behavior issues and mostly needs small class size with high academic content but we will move close to the boarding school but plan on DS boarding.  We have other family members (with possible ASD) who did not go to boarding school but went to elite private day schools who did very well and went on to college.

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How does his ASD manifest, if he has no academic or behavior issues? I have an ASD child in a mainstream private, but there are plenty of ways his social communications deficits impact his academics and behavior, even if they aren't the root issue, so to speak. Am wondering if your child is similar or different.[/quote]

His main issue when he was younger, 4, was lack of participation and engagement and the main reason his teacher told us to get an evaluation.  He did have major behavioral issues last fall at the beginning of 2nd grade but he had a functional behavioral assessment and a behavioral plan for three months and everything is fine again.  Never had academic issues and has friends.

We were in Italy earlier for a gala fundraiser which was a series of luncheons and dinner parties.  DS was great and we had several jet setting socialites telling us how well behaved he was and congratulating him.  No one knew that he has a diagnosis and he passes for NT.  DS had to dress up.  One night he had to wear a tuxedo.  There was a private intimate performance by a Tony awarded singer on Broadway.  We took his tutor just in case but we did not have any issues at all.

Recently, he had to go to the oral surgeon and get a tooth pulled.  Had laughing gas.  Went fine.  Was very cooperative.  No issues.

DS is off his ADHD med for the summer including the trip.

Basically, DS has trouble reading social cues like his father.  But no one can tell that with DH either.  It's just something DH is aware of so he works at it.

DS has cousins a little older with ASD who manifest pretty much the same but who do not have ADHD.  They are both currently ranked #1 in the state where they live in their age group in chess.  They will also be sent to boarding school for high school.

FYI,  DS was diagnosed with ASD/Asperger's when he was four by a developmental ped, ADOS/ADI-R at Children's and psycheducational testing.
He was also diagnosed with ASD/ADHD from a neuropsych evaluation with Dr. Black last year when he was 7.[/quote]

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