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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most Aspergers children can not stop sharing THEIR ideas. It's other people's ideas they don't dwell on as much.

I think the tell tale aspect of Aspergers is what is stated in that book, "Misdiagnosis" which distinguishes Aspergers from  other gifted children is social reciprocity. The authors, who are neuropsychologists, state that when Aspergers children who have obsessions are placed with other children who have the same obsession, they STILL could not have normal typical social interaction about that obsession. But when gifted individuals who have obsessions and were thought to have Aspergers were placed with other children who shared their obsession, they suddenly had very typical social reciprocity about that subject.

So gifted individuals may have obsessions too and they may appear as having Aspergers when they don't. [/quote]

My DS will have "reciprocity" with another child who shares his interests and he absolutely has AS.  Put two kids who have AS who are obsessed with trains together and watch them go at it.  I've seen it happen.  Which is all to say, this distinction is just BS, sorry.  And it points out why parents should not be the ones to make these distinctions, professionals (who know what they are talking about -- not OP's psychologist) should.

I think the progression of OP's child's special interests are very consistent with AS.  My DS went from light switches to calendars to video games to music.[/quote]

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