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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FYI, Ivymount Outreach also has a social skills group just for girls.  [/quote]

Op here. Part of the reason I'm not totally sold on ASD being a possibility for my daughter is her social skills are fine. She doesn't struggle at all there- lots of friends, participates in activities. She misses unspoken things like passive aggression and sarcasm (the pragmatics issue) but other than that, does not struggle at all with social skills or in social situations. [/quote]

Autism at its core is a severe social communication disorder.

Have you considered Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder?[/quote]

Language pragmatics is a social skill. My son its similar. He has deficits in writing, spelling, motor planning, and pragmatics. He is in third grade and I too think he probably would have qualified for PDD-NOS in the past ('some characteristics of autism') but doesn't have enough 'restricted interests' to qualify under the DSM. Haven't done a full-on private eval yet (have been to dev ped, OT, speech - and our charter did a v comprehensive psycho ed exam three years ago, so we're in for another one this fall.

My son is very social, but misses tone, sarcasm, etc. [/quote]

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