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Date: 5/23/2012 8:32:00 AM
From Authorid: 64819
Sounds a lot like my Little Hippie. He can't handle the loud flushes of public toilets, or the hand driers. He is a really sweet little guy, he won't stay in his seat, but is incredibly brilliant, knew the alphabet, colors, and shapes by the time he was two, and was reading at three. He was diagnosed with HFA (High Functioning Autism) when he was four or five. He also is constantly doing something with his hands, he always wants to be people's friend. He has to touch everything EVERYTHING!!!!!!  |
Date: 5/23/2012 8:56:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 64723
Hahahaha! That is funny - I call her my dirty little hippie!!!  We've been told that Adia is on the spectrum and to have her checked for aspergers, but... she's so... personable. She has no problem looking you in the eye and holding a conversation. Sure, she thinks very literally, but... she's also only 6. I don't know what to think or what to do or how to help her. I gotta tell you though... our hippies sound almost exactly alike.  |
Date: 5/23/2012 10:15:00 AM
From Authorid: 53427
My son is 15, and he has aspergers. He has a remarkable memory, and a passion for history. When he was little, I thought he was just a genius, and then later on we found out he had aspergers. He is also sensitive to sounds. And he thinks very literally. I was looking at old home videos, not long ago, and I noticed as a baby,, how social he was. The squealing, laughing, clear eye contact.. Makes me wonder if there really is something to the vaccination debate, because you could never tell by looking at him as a baby, that he would grow up different. Anyway, thats off subject. If your child is social, especially with kids their own age, its unlikely they have autism.. But, she does sound very intelligent. It wouldn't hurt to see about testing her for IQ.  |
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Date: 5/23/2012 12:04:00 PM
From Authorid: 64819
My Little Hippie has no problem looking you in the eyes to talk, he has no problem with a conversation, he actually tends to dominate them. Because many people don't know about autism or aspergers, they have an unrealistic idea of how children on the spectrum behave. As I'm sure Snook could tell you, children with HFA and Aspergers are very social, loving, and think very literally. They are very bright children, and have at least one thing they are practically obsessed with, my Little Hippie loves cars and racing, her son is a history buff (civil war if I'm not mistaken). Sounds like your daughter's thing happens to be art. |
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Date: 5/23/2012 12:40:00 PM
From Authorid: 53427
My son definitely dominates the conversation. He can sometimes talk at people, even if they aren't interested in the subject. He lectures about history mostly. But he can talk your head off about any subject. He does have eye contact issues with people who aren't in the immediate family, and especially those of his own age group. He can be very social, with especially older folks. He has a hard time taking a joke because he can be so literal. But at the same time he has a good sense of humor.. Its hard to explain! Kids with autism vary so much, because the spectrum is so huge. One thing though, they are very smart kids, also they are sweet kids who love just as much as a normal child, they just have more trouble expressing it. The reason I mentioned the vaccines, is I recently read a statistic about how much autism diagnoses have skyrocketed in recent years. I need to look that up. Anyway, I hope it isn't true, because it would kill me to think anything I did could have caused my child damage. Maybe the statistics are going up simply because of the new knowledge we have now. |
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Date: 5/23/2012 12:40:00 PM
From Authorid: 53427
My son definitely dominates the conversation. He can sometimes talk at people, even if they aren't interested in the subject. He lectures about history mostly. But he can talk your head off about any subject. He does have eye contact issues with people who aren't in the immediate family, and especially those of his own age group. He can be very social, with especially older folks. He has a hard time taking a joke because he can be so literal. But at the same time he has a good sense of humor.. Its hard to explain! Kids with autism vary so much, because the spectrum is so huge. One thing though, they are very smart kids, also they are sweet kids who love just as much as a normal child, they just have more trouble expressing it. The reason I mentioned the vaccines, is I recently read a statistic about how much autism diagnoses have skyrocketed in recent years. I need to look that up. Anyway, I hope it isn't true, because it would kill me to think anything I did could have caused my child damage. Maybe the statistics are going up simply because of the new knowledge we have now. |
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Date: 5/23/2012 12:43:00 PM
From Authorid: 53427
Diagnosis of Autism has gone up 78% in the past decade, now 1 in 88 kids are on the spectrum. |
Date: 5/23/2012 12:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 17275
I heard a similar story of a little girls who was very bright and always figiting in her chair at school. One of the counselors told the mother, your daughter is a dancer, you need to put her in a school for the arts....evidently she is one of the top choreographers in the US now.  |
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Date: 5/23/2012 3:02:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 64723
I have looked into it (the possibility of her being autistic) but... everything and everyone I run into ultimately says no. tho... i've never really had her seen by a neuropsych. Her school has asked her to see their neuropsych, but it hasn't happened yet. stiiiill waiting. |
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Date: 11/13/2024 9:01:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 64723
Haha, just an update, Adia was diagnosed with autism, level 1 (along with ADHD and dyscalculia). They are kicking butt at life though. Couldn't be prouder of them! <3 |
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