Aspergers?

Rink08 · April 2013

The child psychologist that DS1 is going to for behavior therapy asked us if anyone had discussed the possibility of Aspergers with us. We're supposed to have a a more in depth discussion about it this week since DH will be able to attend that session.

I'm not really sure what to think right now. Right now, DS1 has dxs of CAPD, ADHD, and speech issues with fluency and articulation, and also therapies for OT and feeding. He has had strong obsessions with all things "police" since age 2.5 or 3 to the point that it affects almost every conversation and his schoolwork, dressing "handsome" meaning a vest, suit, and or dress pants since age 3, and wearing ties from ages 3 to 5.5 although he does still wear them often. He also is in the Title 1 program for math at school because he skips number 15 while counting. He also recently started layering his clothes to the extent of wearing up to 4 shirts and multiple pairs of pants "because he is undercover". His room is a disaster zone on a daily basis because he empties his entire closet onto the floor either in the night or during the day when he can. We've locked the closet doors and thought it was fine but then he figured out how to unlock the locks and began doing it again.

I don't really have any questions right now, it's just been weighing on me since Thursday.

Rink08 · April 2013

Auntie- Do you have any experience with the clothing issues? Yesterday, it took me over an hour to get him to put on just his baseball uniform without any extra clothes. It began with him putting it on with a collared button up shirt and vest under his uniform top and a tie over it and then progressed into him mixing and matching (vest over uniform top, everything under uniform top,) when he wasn't able to wear it that way. It then turned to him yelling that I am so mean, he wasn't going to baseball then, and that if he had to take it off he'd never talk to me again, door slamming etc. I did eventually get him to wear just the uniform by repeatedly explaining to him that if he wanted to lay his other clothes on his bed that he could wear them when we came home. Once he was dressed and calmed down, it was like nothing ever happened until we came home and he immediately changed back into his other clothes. We ended up being a little late for the practice but he was still in time for the game so there really was no consequence to it other than the frustration of getting ready.

Rink08 · April 2013

Thank you.

He does have quite a few sensory/texture issues with various things (Clothing-tags, boxer briefs, "slippery" clothes, and he wont wear anything with a picture unless it is a badge or a flag, Food-crunchy, salty, slimy,etc. and Touch- sand, dirt, etc.)

He was also in a private school but is now in a public school. There, he wore a uniform and although ties were not required it was acceptable. There's no uniform at the public school so he is the only one in his class who is consistently "dressed up".

I'll have to look into creating a Social Story that we can use consistently. My dad (previous children's therapy director) told him a story last time that he was visiting about a little boy who wore too many pairs of pants and when he had to go to the bathroom he needed to take off each of the pants but didn't have time so he peed his pants. DS1 told him "Then he needs new pants".

Does/Did your DS have a topic that he always talks about? For DS1, it's police or k-9 police. He finds a way to work it into most conversations and once he does, it's hard to steer him back to the topic at hand. He also will go on long tangents about them even when other people stop listening. We recently saw this happen between him and our neighbor (same age and they play together almost daily). The little boy told him "I don't care. Stop talking." and started riding away (they were on scooters) and DS1 started just walking after him continuing to talk. We were on the porch right above them so DH said "Hey, Buddy, Come over here." and he came up and told DH about the police dog instead. Do you just let him keep talking about it? Are we supposed to be doing something to help him learn when to stop?

He also saw a police car drive through our development yesterday evening (we live close to the barracks now so they often drive through) and he said " Let's follow it!" to the same neighbor and started walking on the sidewalk which he's not allowed to do so DH stopped him. The other boy was starting to walk behind him but I think that DS1 would have gone with or without him.

Rink08 · April 2013

Thanks Auntie!

I know that wasn't the same thing but wanted to give the example because he doesn't seem to "get" it presented the way that my dad had tried to present it. I checked out the link that you posted last night and will show DH when he comes home this week so we can get a start on it.

We have people visiting in a little bit but I wanted to let you know that I had read and appreciated your responses. Thank you again!

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