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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here again.  Thanks to the SN parents posting here - you guys are an amazingly supportive and kind subset here on DCUM ;-)

You are giving me a lot of good information.  To the PP with the daughter with Aspergers, it sounds like your family and daughter have been through a lot.  My heart goes out to you.  In answer to your question, DD was actually early to potty train (with some setbacks, of course), and didn't have digestive issues/GERD.

Here are a few other things about DD:

She is small for her age - I took her to an endocryn. and they ran tests and determined she's just going to be on the small side and nothing is wrong with her - other than an iron deficiency.

I used to think she had SPD because she was super-sensitive to clothing/shoes, etc. and loud noises bothered her.  She is also an excessive hugger - her K teacher actually told us the hugging was problematic.  She's gotten much better with clothing/shoes, but she still hugs a ton ;-)

Not sure if this info adds anything or is just separate, unrelated stuff, but I thought I'd mention it in case anyone saw any connection.

Parents with kids with inattentive ADHD, what sort of life-skills/coping methods help keep your kids on task?  Anyone have a website/book they highly recommend?  I have found that lists help DD somewhat.  And timers.  But I haven't figured out the best way to implement them.

Thanks everyone![/quote]

I think you've gotten great advice so far. Just wanted to add that your description of your daughter sounds very much like me as a teenager. I was successful in school, but everything took forever. Like others have said, turns out that I have high IQ (over 150) plus ADD/inattentive. I was diagnosed with ADD as an adult. Overall, I don't think of the ADD diagnosis as a negative at all, really just helps identify strengths and weaknesses. I can see now that they are a combo - some of the things that make the executive functioning hard for me are what also gives me gifts in other areas. That being said, having the diagnosis also helps identify strategies for coping with mundane things (like getting out the door on time every day) that are really challenging with ADD. [/quote]

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