Re: Debbi: report, please

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Hi Debbi,

On the subject of autism and OCD - and this is just my very own

viewpoint - autistic kids and OCD do seem to go together frequently.

BUT autistic kids have obsessive/compulsive type tendenciesj; part of

autism and " I " feel that's part of the autism, not OCD.

" got " OCD in 6th grade. What I call " plain old OCD. " He had

the " fear of something bad happening to him " with his OCD. Now - in

8th grade I got his diagnosis of Aspergers/HFA. They said I would

have to stop thinking of him as having " OCD " as OCD is part of

autism. (perhaps not a full quote, but to think of OCD as *part* of

his autism is) I told them that I will agree that he might have some

obsessive/compulsive type autistic behaviors (great interest in

playing video games, likes his " routines " ...) but that THEY had to

realize that some of his problems were " OCD " and not related to his

Aspergers - (the anxiety feeling of " something bad will happen " if he

didn't comply)

AND that his " OCD " needed to be treated as OCD and not autism.

Reason for stating THAT to them is that a lot of times with autism,

some " programs/supports " work WITH/around/accommodate the

rituals/obsessions and don't try to " fight " it as we do with trying

to get past OCD (like your son's hoarding, etc, and the distress for

him that went with it).

So, for ME, has OCD; and he has/is Aspergers.

Got to get to work (and no time to proofread!) but wanted to toss my

thoughts your way if this comes up afterwards and your ds meets the

autistic criteria. I think all experts will differ on the topic but

I totally disagreed in our OWN situation with what the " experts "

thought/said on the OCD/autism subject for *our* situation when they

had not lived through all the OCD, as was past the worst

times and OCD was in the background more by the time they saw him.

I totally confused you, I'm sure, sorry! Just a sore point with me

for our experience. I KNEW had autistic traits and felt he

was Aspergers from his early years. But the OCD was, for ,

separate from the AS. Just my own thoughts and nothing " expert "

about me!

, 16, OCD, dysgraphia and HFA/Aspergers, and gifted

I'm getting

> told by all these Dr's that he " is " autistic (High Functioning

Autism - HFA).

> I'm just a little upset that they didn't tell me this when he was

3. Maybe we

> would have seen these obsessions coming (they tell me ocd can be a

part of

> autism). And maybe my son could have had help with his social

skills, of which he

> has none. We always thought he didn't fit in because he was gifted,

but when

> he attended the gate magnet school for gifted kids, and was the