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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting reads.  My DS (now 6) was evaluated in preschool by FCPS child find.  Both FCPS, and the play therapist we had been working with felt that there was a strong chance he had Asperger Syndrome.  From what I knew as an educator myself, I tended to agree.  We saw a Developmental Pediatrician, who in addition to looking at all the evaluation pieces from the county (which involved some cog. testing, speect/hearing, 90 min observation by the psych, long questionnaires for teachers and parents) met with us alone, and met with ds (who at that visit remained almost entirely under the chair).  Though she felt he had some Asperger characteristics, she felt he did not have AS.  Her reasons were that ds 1) had a strong desire for joint attention/sharing his ideas and 2)Had a strong amount of expression in his voice and his face...  He has STRONG obsessions.  He has been on Egypt for many months now, every single drawing/school paper that came home had some egypt theme to it.  Every day at recess he plays "Egypt".  He has major attention issues, poor eye contact as well.  I am not sure how it will pan out, I still think very possibly he has AS, but I think sometimes, it is hard to tell when they are little?  He has had a good year with an IEP, and one in place for 1st.[/quote]''

Interesting--my DS (5) was diagnosed with AS, same process you described with a developmental ped and psychologist (both agreed).  My son also has a strong desire for sharing ideas--he just doesn't make eye contact and check in to make sure the other person is interested or still involved (I guess that would be joint attention); he often starts talking to strangers in mid thought without introduction or determining if the person is listening (e.g. he says "I  have a fish at home" while standing behind a person in line, I realize that he is not talking to me but to the person's back in front of him).  Also, my DS is not flat in facial expression, just make weird faces, over exaggerates facial expressions (grimaces when he smiles, etc.) and voice is usually flat or over expressive (loud and excited), no in between.

How does your DS express himself, what is the quality of voice?  I initially thought that a child had to be flat most of the time to have AS, but 4 different ASD specialists we saw disagreed and said that facial expression and voice can range from flat to sing-songy to unnatural/bizarre voice, affect or facial expressions.[/quote]

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