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Archive for December 1st, 2009

She has some symptoms like trouble communicating her feelings, lack of social interaction, repetitiveness where if its not the same she gets angry, lack of affection, lack of eye contact and a few more. Is it possible that she could be slightly autistic and her mother never caught it when she was young? FYI she grew up in a diffent country and didnt move here till she was in third grade but she says she never had the language trouble or some of the tell tell signs when she was young. She knows that she is unable to communicate with me or her mom the two people that love her most and she has trouble with social situations and she used to be and still is a little obsessive complusive. Please help!!! Thank you...

I have a 13yr old, almost 14yr old step-daughter who was public schooled throughout Elementary & I have been homeschooling her for 2yrs now. She has made some significant improvement such as learning to write in cursive, learning some common knowledge, better reading & spelling skills but I see some signs of some learning problems. Her spelling is pretty bad, I've noticed she spells a lot of words phonetically, such as Missouri she would spell Misery, she has a very hard time remembering things like multiplication tables, she still does not know them & certain answers she gives me to questions I ask. Such as where is Atlantic City, she replied in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It wasn't so much she didn't know the correct answer, it was the answer she gave that was troubling & we had been over the material many times. These are just some examples. I see some pretty clear signs of what looks to me like ADD (her father was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, I'm not sure if her biological mother had any learning disabilities)& I'm not sure if there is another problem though, like a learning disability. I was wondering if any other parents have had struggles with this type of thing & what you did to help your child. I am hesitant to put her on medication until I further research the side effects & long term effects & I am not certain I want to have a public school evaluation. Anyone who has any experience with this type of thing, any help, advice, or information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much. Just for the record, I just want to clarify one other thing, me & my step-daughter get along very well, we are very good friends, I raise her & take care of her. She says that I am her mom. Her biological mother has alcohol issues(didn't drink during pregnancy) & our 13yr old was not being very well cared for, she was struggling academically & she had severe Psoriasis, so I started to care for her. I mention this so it doesn't come off as a behavioral issue. She is very helpful, sweet, & respectful & we have a wonderful relationship.

My son is 3 years old. My sister seems to think that my son is autistic. I don't think he is but I still want to get him tested just to be on the safe side. He does show some signs like he covers his ears when he is scared or nervous and he won't answer to his name. He also doesn't ask for anything and doesn't verbalize much. I should mention he is an only child with no playmates. At the same time I think he is just fine. He can tell which letter is which and can spell anything he looks at but doesn't know what he is spelling. He counts to 30-10 instead of 40. Its so funny! He hugs me soo tight and tells me I wuv you! I always thought he was fine but they have planted the seed of doubt. What should I expect when I go see the doctor?

I have a sweet little boy with Autism (PDD-NOS),and I was wondering if there are any parents out here that have their children on a gluten/wheat, casein/lactose, refined sugar, yeast, free diet? What other foods seems to trigger their behaviors? As a mom, Ive taken these things out of my sons diet, and I've noticed improvement. IF so, have you noticed any signifigance in the improvement of your child's behavior? I would like to hear from you.