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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My special needs child with IEP has a FSIQ of 155 on the WISC.  You have no idea what you are yammering about.[/quote]

Not targeted at you, obviously.  It was targeted at a more general audience who doesn't realize how much difference there is between kids.  Yeah, I do know.  My kid (12) has been labeled 2e due to OCD, anxiety disorder, and borderline Asperger's.  [/quote]

What is "borderline" Asperger's?  My kid with the 155 IQ has Asperger's and I've never heard this...

DS is in elementary school at a charter.  Not bored or any other issues even though his NT classmates are not geniuses. [/quote]

Same. Our developmental pediatrician said that he was 2 points shy of the label.  That's borderline. [/quote]

Are you talking about ADOS scoring?  My child got the diagnosis for ASD by 2 points.  But I was informed you either have it or you don't.  There is no borderline.  I guess if you miss it by 1 or 2 points, it men's you have many traits for ASD but don't qualify for the diagnosis.[/quote]

Asperger's isn't like cancer.  Like most psychological "disorders," it is not understood very well.  A scale had to be chosen to capture the most extreme cases, and it is a bit on the conservative side already.  Someone who is borderline shows most of the traits, but is either able to control those traits, or does not exhibit them with sufficient intensity to be grouped into the larger case.

An interesting study has shown a high prevalence of Asperger's and autism among children of scientists and mathematicians.  Abilities for higher order thinking are clearly linked to the same genetics as those two disorders.  Not many brilliant scientists have autism, but autistic children are more likely to be brilliant scientists than "ordinary" children.  Thus, the "borderline" questions rapidly devolve into questions about "what is a psychological disorder," and "do we simply not recognize a new subset of humanity that has unusual capabilities, but cannot fit into old norms?"  Controversial, to say the least, but interesting nonetheless.

To the PP who suggests that the "borderline Asperger's" comment was a veiled complaint about not getting special treatment: I don't read that inference at all.  I don't see any language to suggest that the OP of that comment was looking for special treatment.  Maybe they do want such favor, but based upon the information provided, you seem to be creating that assumption yourself.
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True, it's not like cancer.  But "borderline" Asperger's/ASD is not a diagnosis and will not get an IEP.[/quote]

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