3 year old son may have AS

October 22, 2006

Hi, I just found this group by accident while doing research on AS.

My 3 (turned 3 in Sept.) year old son will be getting tested to see if

he has AS. He is a very smart child. Knows ALL of the letters of the

alphabet by sight and sound. (has known them for about a year now, he

is obssessed with it) The alphabet is just a small spetrum of the

things that he knows. He has an amazing memory. He isn't very social

at all, would rather play by himself. Competely ignores my 10 month

old daughter, acts as if she doesn't even exist. In fact he doesn't

even acknowledge our dogs either. Has MAJOR temper tantrums. I hate

going anywhere public with him because he usually has a meltdown of

some sort. It's almost as if he doesn't know how to handle the things

going on around him and it sends his world spiraling around him. I

just got him to reply to the question " What is your name? " I am now

working on the question " How old are you? " He also doesn't use his

vast vocabulary to communicate with me. He basically talks at me

rather than to me, forget about an actual conversation with him.

I read a lot of the postings and WOW everything sounds so familiar.

Any advice on things to do with/for him?

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