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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our developmental pediatrician went to our son's school and observed him, prek, and spoke with his teachers.  DS presents NT one-on-one with adults:  good eye contact, very verbal, very engaging.  It's only when you see DS in a classroom with peers that his deficits are apparent:  not engaged, wanders aimlessly, does not play with other children.  DS excels academically - attends an immersion school.  We don't speak the language.  No behavior issues.

I'm glad our developmental pediatrician DX our DS with Aspergers b/c it's clear that's what he has:  DS has an IEP and it's made a world of difference and very quickly.[/quote]

Is it really possible that a child with AS would present as totally NT one-on-one?[/quote]

DS does with adults.  He'll happily chatter and engage with them including strangers he's just met.  His eye contact has always been good.  Of course if the topic of conversation turns into one of his obsessive interests...  one of his obsessive interests is cars so that can seem normal in a little boy, however, the elevators and subway/metro systems can get a bit weird.

We have many MDs and psychologists (even a teacher who works in Sp Ed) in our family and they never saw anything wrong.  Parallel play is still considered pretty normal for three yr olds and he was never in group settings with same age peers until he turned four.  [/quote]

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