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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All this discussion about social communication issues has me wondering about Aspie kids and friends. If an Aspie kid has friends and doesn't have a lot of issues with friends does that mean she's not Aspie after all?
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No.  Not if you are talking about a girl especially.  Girls with Asperger's present differently than Boys.  While what you say may be true for boys, girls with Asperger's tend to have very close female friends and can "fake it" better.  However, they still have just as much difficulty with theory of mind and pragmatic speech.

My mother probably had ASD and she always had close female friends but she had great difficulty with pragmatics and the give and take of conversation.  She pretty much followed a script socially so much so that my DH (who is also on the spectrum) would comment on it.  In fact, he could repeat exactly what she would say to him on the phone every.single.conversation. verbatim. [/quote]

Also, everyone improves socially with age.  We all learn especially given effort (even though it is hard to get a kid with ASD interested and depends on their social motivation and personality).  Pragmatics and social skills are not rocket science.  Even my DB who had no friends until college has found his niche and is now a very successful MD with friends (all a little quirky but really nice people)[/quote]

The diagnosis of autism is a "persistant deficit" in social skills such that attempts to make friends are "typically unsuccessful." We have to draw a line at some point. [/quote]

Yeah, my kid with ASD/ADHD with IEP has friends including a BFF at his mainstream school.   Doubt he is losing the diagnosis anytime soon.[/quote]

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