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KDOG:
 To every one that has a son or daughter with this disorder keep your hopes up. I think some of the most important things for the children is a good family structure and knowledge of the disorder . I have a 7 yr old son who was diagnosed with pdd nos when he was 3. He has come a long way since then, most do-to working with at home, the school programs and teachers he has had. He finishing 2 grade this year and he made the honor roll. Now by no means is he a full functioning 7yr old or was doing second grade curriculum but he did the work they set out for him.

Level42:
My son was born with three serious heart defects. He's been operated and he's doing fine now (6 already). Of course he will be a "patient" for his whole life, but he functions normally in every aspect. I know, a completely different story, but I can fully understand how you guys felt when you hear news like that.

Just wanted to show my support.


Oh, and quite incidentally, one of his best friends at school is a "mild" autistic boy.

channelmaniac:
It took until my son was already in 2nd grade for the school to finally make the diagnosis that my wife and I knew for years - Asperger's.

He loved to hear the sound of his own voice... go to the mall and he'd want to sit in the entryway for what seemed like forever screeching to hear the echo. He has had some intense obsessions - like knowing where every water tower in a 5 mile radius was and wanting to see them repeatedly. He also used to collect broken road reflectors and at one time had over 100 of them.

The hardest parts are dealing with the way he sees everything in black and white. There's no middle ground or subtleties, but that's something we are always working on with him.

Overall he's a great kid, taller than almost everyone his age (he got a 26" adult mountain bike for his 9th birthday this year), and he likes to know the rules and boundaries to which he'll follow religiously.

Now if we could get him to feed his cat regularly... ;)

RJ

CheffoJeffo:
First off -- welcome channelmaniac.

To those who don't know who he is, he runs arcadecomponents.com, which sells rare components for vids, as well as classic computers and consoles. He also has an excellent set of repair logs (actually two, so I'll go update the wiki now).

Back to topic, we had an interesting experience last week. My youngest was sick and, when his fever crossed 105 and he was having difficulty peeing, we loaded him up and took him to the hospital. During the entire trip there, his behaviour was that of a totally normal, if a little talkative, child (e.g. improvements beyond what we have seen recently). We thought it might be our imagination, but a nurse told us that she had read about reports where high fevers coincided with "typical" behaviour in kids with Autism.

Something new for me to read up on ...

[EDIT: for typo]

channelmaniac:
Thanks for the welcome!

We had a double whammy with our kiddo - He's about 2 years behind everyone emotionally and is taller than everyone his age. People think he's older than what he is which makes them look at him funny at times. He's been very self conscious about it. He knows he is different but still doesn't understand why.

How old is your kiddo with the fevers? My co-worker's son would spike fevers off & on for the first 2 1/2 years of his life but finally outgrew it this spring.

Raymond

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