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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the poster who said DS is "highly socially motivated".  This was pointed out to us as a strength during ADOS/ADI-R testing at Children's when DS, 4, was diagnosed with ASD/Asperger's.  Our neuropsych, Dr. Black, also pointed this out as a strength at 7 when DS was diagnosed with ADHD, combined type, and the ASD was confirmed.  DS has normal eye contact.

It means that DS is social and likes to be around people.  He is an extrovert and not shy but has trouble with nonverbal communication and pragmatics.

DS has had an IEP and extensive social skills training and pragmatic speech therapy since he was 4.  Now at 8, DS has friends including a best friend and is the leader of his group of friends at school.

DS is fully mainstreamed at a language immersion charter and has no academic issues.  His IEP is almost entirely about social communication.[/quote]

what is his repetitive behavior? You post here a lot and it is hard to believe your child really has autism, or he must have such a mild case that it is more like a personality quirk. [/quote]

Dr. Shapiro was our developmental pediatrician and Dr. Black is his neuropsych.  They both diagnosed ASD so it is not a personality quirk.

He has obsessive interests in elevators currently and repetitive behaviors, vocal stims mostly but only when he plays video games.
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Repetitive behaviors have to be more severe than that to qualify at even the Level 1 severity level. [/quote]

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