Re: OCD and Aspergers--QUESTION-Stormy

[Guest guest]

Hi Judy,

This sound so similar to my daughter. Every practitioner sees

something different in her. She, too, tests superior in everything

but the one thing that might indicate aspergers (can't remember what

that is called). The behavioral analyst who visited with us and has

an autism background, told me that she should have the ADOS testing

so maybe that is something you can ask for.

Sandy

[Guest guest]

Judy, who did the evaluation, what type doctor/other?

I was just thinking, reading what you wrote, that had an eval by the

school OT when in elementary school. And the areas she defined he had

difficulty in, she made recommendations that were put into his IEP. Seems like

they could do the same for the weak areas you noted from the eval. Some of it

sounds similar to what an OT could say.

Also - when thinking about your daughter and possible Aspergers, don't think

just of the " present. " Think back to since she was born. She may have had

traits then that she has since overcome. was evaluated in 8th grade.

But we went back thru all his history. Traits/problems he had at a young age,

he was better at in 8th grade or rather it would be hard to say " this applied in

8th " but if it had been 2nd grade I could have said " yes " to the question. In

other words, don't rule out some criteria/traits just because they don't apply

presently but showed up at a younger age.

Just some quick thoughts as I'm reading thru some of the posts on this.

-- In , jchabot wrote:

> It's as though her eval contradicts itself.It states no learning disabilities,

yet it also states, " has difficulty appreciating subtleties and implied

meanings embedded in more complex language use. she also has problems with

higher level inferential interpretation of language as well as difficulty

interpreting some aspects of social communication. In her visual perceptual

skills, she shows variability in her responding secondary to a somewhat

impulsive tracking style.In visual motor integration, she showed weaknesses in

the planning and organizational aspects of drawing more complex shapes. She

displayed reduced cognitive self monitoring while working on a computerized

task, and had difficulty encoding information in an organized manner.It went on

to say that she is becoming internally distracted while reading and she is

likely to have difficulty working to grade level expectations.

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