Re:Is my son really autistic? CAPD, anxiety

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I often wonder if CAPD is our core issue. Does anybody know if

delayed receptive language is a hallmark of CAPD, too?

So many disorders overlap. I get lost trying to figure out where we

fit. At age 3, Ian has so much more to reveal.

Maybe our boys could go in to business together? Ian is definitely

leaning toward landscape management (sounds better than professional

lawn mower)...We're going to call it, " Need a No-Neet? " . " No-neet "

is his word for lawnmower. I still can't figure that one out... it

hasn't changed in months and months. Most of his other

approximations have evolved.

Pam

[Guest guest]

Pam,

The waters are so muddy between so many disorders: CAPD, ADHD, autism,

apraxia, anxiety, etc. All of these can be hard to diagnose in a young

child. My son's issues have become so much clearer now that he is growing

older. I don't think there is any reliable test for CAPD at the age of 3.

You just woudl have to go off of symptoms. My son is 5 and I still haven't

done formal testing with him. (I am planning on waiting until around age 7.)

Like I have said, we are still trying to " tease out " what is what with my

son. I have strong suspicions about CAPD and anxiety.

I have heard that the book " Like Sound Through Water " is a great one for

CAPD (which I think many are just calling " APD " now).

Here is a brief synopsis of CAPD from speech express:

http://www.speech-express.com/associated-disabilities/capd.html

<<<<(Central) Auditory Processing Disorder - ©APD is a receptive language

disorder. It refers to difficulties in the decoding and storing of auditory

information - usually incoming verbal messages. The terms " central auditory

processing " and " auditory processing " are interchangeable.

Children with APD's may demonstrate difficulties in speech, language, and/or

learning, especially in the areas of spelling and reading. They may also

appear hearing impaired, be inattentive, easily distractible, and have

difficulty following oral directions.

An SLP is usually the first to assess a child who has difficulty listening

and following directions, but an auditory processing problem cannot be

completely assessed without the help of an audiologist. Both the SLP and the

audiologist use standardized testing, questionnaires, and behavioral

inventories to evaluate CAPDs.

Often, people with APDs are visual spatial learners. " Visual-spatial

learners are individuals who think in pictures rather than in words. They

have a different brain organization than auditory-sequential learners. They

learn better visually than auditorally. They learn all-at-once, and when the

light bulb goes on, the learning is permanent.>>>>

This is a must read if you are looking into CAPD for your child:

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/process_deficit/capd_paton.html

Tricia Morin

North Carolina

Pam wrote:

I often wonder if CAPD is our core issue. Does anybody know if

delayed receptive language is a hallmark of CAPD, too?

So many disorders overlap. I get lost trying to figure out where we

fit. At age 3, Ian has so much more to reveal.

Maybe our boys could go in to business together? Ian is definitely

leaning toward landscape management (sounds better than professional

lawn mower)...We're going to call it, " Need a No-Neet? " . " No-neet "

is his word for lawnmower. I still can't figure that one out... it

hasn't changed in months and months. Most of his other

approximations have evolved.

Pam

[Guest guest]

" When the light bulb goes on, the learning is permanent " ... that

describes Ian to a TEEEEEEE. He is able to generalize learned info

so easily which is not a typical trait of Autism. It might take him

a few extra times to 'get it', but once he does, he is off like a

race horse. Using the computer is a great example: Ian would just

pound anywhere on the keyboard. One day he just seemed to get how

to use the mouse. It was a night and day difference. He went from

random nothingness to loading games, booting them up himself, and

figuring out the concepts within the games based on the games he

played before that. He turns them off appropriately, too. Not just

opening the CD drive or shutting off the computer. What amazes me

is that these games ask you 3-4 times in 3-4 different ways if you

really want to stop playing. Sometimes I get confused and click the

wrong answer!!! Not Ian.

I can't imagine how far he'll go in life if we give him a computer

terminal outdoors!!!! The possibilities are endless

Pam

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> I often wonder if CAPD is our core issue. Does anybody know if

> delayed receptive language is a hallmark of CAPD, too?

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> So many disorders overlap. I get lost trying to figure out

where we

> fit. At age 3, Ian has so much more to reveal.

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> Maybe our boys could go in to business together? Ian is

definitely

> leaning toward landscape management (sounds better than

professional

> lawn mower)...We're going to call it, " Need a No-Neet? " . " No-

neet "

> is his word for lawnmower. I still can't figure that one out...

it

> hasn't changed in months and months. Most of his other

> approximations have evolved.

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> Pam

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