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Exactly, trust your instincts! I knew something wasn't right with Jake when

he was a baby. Moms just know.

Several things came to mind reading your post.

The SID stood out. He also could have his equilibrium off due to

tubes/infections/weak ear etc. Noise may literally hurt him.

The clumsiness REALLY stood out! Jake is 6 and he is so clumsy and

uncoordinated. He also rushes up to people and other kids, gets right in their

face,

and scares them.

Jake also prefices every question with " can I ask/tell you something? " SO

annoying at times.

The frustration also Jake has issues with. Jake lashes out and screams like

no 6 year old should. VERY angry when the frustration sets in.

We send him to his room to count since numbers are his thing. This calms

him and we can discuss it.

Jake is 6 and has ADHD and new dx of Asperger's.

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My little guy is 5 almost 6. For sometime now He has done

certain things that have had me curious at what is going on with

him. However I haven't gotten the courage to do too much about it.

So I'm here. Some of the things that he did he stopped doing, which

is a big reason why I haven't taken him to a doctor. I just don't

know if his behaviour is normal child stuff or not. I'll put things

in columns to make it easy on everyone including me.

does now...

-repeatedly hits self on forehead (like the " duh " gesture)

-says " never " or " it's a secret "

-run full speed up to other children or people, sometimes into them.

(slow runner, but still not appropriate)

-high 5's and shakes other peoples hands to roughly.

-stays seated in a childrens church environment no more then 10

minutes, then gets up and finds another seat.

-covers ears and whines when fireworks go off (yet absolutely loves

them)

-covers ears and/or finds a corner. sometimes cries quietly. may ask

to leave.

-wanders away.

-when asked if we should listen to music in car, says " no " .

-unable to learn a line from a song (itsy bitsy spider etc.)

-unable to go down stairs alone, must hold rail and someone's hand

for support. Also takes one step at a time (does not alternate feet).

-will go in bounce house if one or two kids are in. He holds the

side or sits down 90% of time.

-unable to button up shirt or pants or unbutton, as well as zippers

(he can do pants, and sleeper but not other zippers.)

-he will sit down on the ground with body facing the opposite

direction of direction of teaching, but he will have his head

pointing in the right direction.

did...

-slowly pulled on right lower eyelid.

-wanders away.

-when music plays during childrens church would sit down and shut

down.

-unable to learn a line in a song (wheels on the bus etc.)

-couldn't have dirty hands, if he fell and his hands touched the

ground he would scream and cry and then run to the bathroom.

-couldn't be placed on anything high (counter tops, car hoods etc.)

Couch and highchair no problem.

-scream and cry if we wanted him to go in bounce house. Would sit or

lay down inside.

Doesn't do...

-He doesn't have a problem talking with people or being around

people. (he loves it)

-Doesn't have a problem with change. (took 3 days to go from bottle

to cup)

-doesn't use diapers. (He was potty trained by 2 and sleeping

through the night at 2.5 yrs)

-doesn't have major tantrums (we usually say " are you 5 or a baby? "

he will respond, and then we say " should we be acting like a 5 yr old

or a baby right now? " or we say " let's count to 5 and take a

breath. " once he hits 6 we will change the number in both phrases.)

-no hand flapping, or walking on toes.

So I'm confused. He does have speech therapy which he has recieved

since 3 yrs 11 months, for mispronunciation, and disarticulation. We

were also told he has weak muscles in his mouth. Which makes sense,

when he was a baby we had to physically move his mouth up and down in

order for him to suck. He also gets Occupational therapy for low

muscle strength in hands and fingers. He has a 2% rank in overall

fine motor skills. He didn't jump till he was 4, just started

jumping off things (curbs, steps etc) this past month. Didn't start

going up stairs without assistance till this summer. He does have

tubes in his ears and has had zero hearing in his right ear due to

excessive wax. His eardrum now is recessed and weak. But, he can

hear out of it, at a below average hearing level. He does have

exczema, allergies. He gets frustrated easy and will grunt, or

scream. Last week he put the key in the lock of my car door, and

tried to turn it. It wouldn't move, instead of trying again he

immediately screamed the grunted and cried. He only tried once. He

also gets special education for reading. There probably is more that

I am missing right now. But I think this covers a lot. He is in

a " Children with Special Needs " group at church. Another mother

whose child is a little older and diagnosed with Autism has said that

is very much the same as her kid and that is on the

Spectrum. I have seen a lot of similariteis between and Brad. I

guess that is why I'm here. Could it be true? What do you think?