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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is 7. He never did ABA because it is not a good fit for him. Even ABA manager said out loud that there was no kid could match his social level at age 3 at their facility. I think I could cancel his private speech therapies anytime now because his speech is almost awesome. He talks a lot, communicate well, and he has friends at school. He is academically gifted that many things are too easy to him. I think his strength is logical thinking, math, learning fast ( if he is interested). He can talk to anyone and be dropped off at anywhere like camps/classes/parties/play dates.

The only signs one could tell he is on spectrum is sometimes he is inflexible, cannot understand subtle social cues, emotional and not attentive to other people emotion/environment. He is also behind on skills of taking care of himself and team sportsmanship, but he is making progress. I would love to nurture his strengths/interests ( chess, all kinds of broad game/card game, math and video games), but I am not sure if those are the things that I want to concentrate working on at age 7. [/quote]

I’d encourage you not to worry so much about age when introducing new things. Obviously you can’t teach everything at once but try new things regardless of age, don’t assume they’re too young until you give it a good try. Often times children with autism / other neurodiversities take longer to learn new skills- especially complex skills, skills requiring fluency, or safety skills- than NT peers.

I’ve often heard from parents things like why do I need to work on street crossing at 18 months or math fluency starting at age 4 or 5, but by the time they “get it” it usually evens out to when their NT peers are “getting it” too. Just something to consider.[/quote]

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