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[quote=Anonymous][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.  [b]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...  [/b]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]

These do not rule out Aspergers![/quote]

I am the poster of the above.  I felt that the Dev. Ped we saw had very concrete examples of why she felt he did not meet the DSM criteria, at least when she evaluated him (at 5).  I am not sure I can express all she said in that regard.  But, she was definitely all about looking at the DSM criteria, we chatted a bunch about the new DSM, etc.  I was very surprised that DS did as well as he did socially this year.  He has a lot of friends, a few good ones.  He is very well liked and accepted in his class.  I think that a lot of this has to do with the fact that he makes up really cool games, and the kids like them.  His teachers were amazing with finding ways to use his interests to help him learn.  His rigidity improved 10000 fold.  The structure of a school day seemed to really help him.  I will be curious to see how things are going as he gets older though, when his intense interests (assuming he still has them) are not quite as socially acceptable.  What has really improved for him this year is his reaction when someone does not want to play his games or share his ideas.  He will either join their game, or continue on his own.  It used to be meltdowns when things did not go his way.  As I said though, I would not be surprised if eventually he does end up with an AS diagnosis, and truth be told, I am looking for him to continue to get the support he needs, however that may be.  [/quote]

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