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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dev ped does not think ASD right now because he is actually trying to initiate play and social, he is just SO inattentive that he wonders off to the next thing, and there is, if anything, too much joint attention - he constantly wants others to come see what he is doing. So, I guess severe inattentive ADHD, with some hyperactivity and impulsiveness to boot.[/quote]

You should take him for ADOS/ADI-R.  Even the dev peds at Children's and KKI will send kids with HFA there to definitively rule out ASD.  My DS is highly socially motivated and has excellent joint attention but he still has ASD/Asperger's.[/quote]

I wanted to clarify about the joint attention.  DS is always wanting to share and show us and anyone else around, adults and other kids, his projects and interests.  His project, the key word being what HE is interested in.  It is completely another matter getting him interested or getting any response at all if another child is the one initiating and choosing a subject matter.  DS has an IEP goal that he has to respond in a back and forth manner when a peer initiates a conversation in a subject of the peer's choice that DS normally has little interest in.  [/quote]

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