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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. DS was served fruit on the same plate as his pancakes and he flipped out. He wanted them in a bowl. He also wanted the pancakes arranged in a spiral way like how dad does it. Dad started making bfast leately as I have a newborn to care for and Dad came up with this pancake spiral idea. The problem is his intense rigidity and the absolutely rudeness.

I'll add - the next day he wanted a waffle. I put it on the kitchen counter and asked him to get it. He wanted to eat it at the table. I said "baby's crying..I gotta run. Go get it." He says to me: "What, are you arm muscles broken?" Just rude, rude, rude and it upsets me. I am NOT a lazy mom at all.

DS does not have issues with tastes or textures at all..never has. His sensory issues is that he is a sensory craver. He touches every thing, every where. He also can't sit still at the dinner table, at restaurants, in class...

Some on this thread are assuming we have no consequences for DS for bad behavior. We do. We do timeout and loss of privileges. When he spoke to me that way, I told him he'd have to get his own snack when he was hungry that day. That day he made his own snack  - toasted cinnamon raisin bread with butter.

Across the board every clinician we saw said he has adhd and spd. I know he has asd traits but he seems not to fit the asd mold. He is extremely communicative and social and doesn't stand out in these. But on the other hand he is rigid and inflexible and remember that he does have a perseveration with electronics. His therapist says he is gifted in that area so she isnt' sure if she'd call it a perseveration she said.[/quote]

I would simply go with your gut on his diagnosis.  What do YOU think he has?  And treat the symptoms.

My AS/ASD son who was evaluated multiple times and every single time got a diagnosis of AS/ASD is not particularly rigid or inflexible.  Has no problems with transitions.  He is also "extremely communicative and social" with adults, even strangers, just not his peers.  And apparently the "holy grail" for dx Asperger's to some, his eye contact is fine - normal.  Has obsessive interests.  Every ASD child is different as are ADHD and SPD kids.  I wouldn't sweat the diagnosis as long as you're treating the symptoms.[/quote]

Your description is not at all suggestive of an AS/ASD, though. And when they grow up....autistic kids actually appear pretty similar. [/quote]

Believe what you want.  You never met my child.  The school psychologist, our private developmental pediatrician, and the team at the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children's Hospital, all concluded independently that he has Asperger's/ASD.  My husband and I have no problem with his diagnosis and treat his symptoms accordingly.  He's doing great.[/quote]

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