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| Sat, 07-01-2006 - 3:00pm |
Ok I don't remember posting here before so if I did please excuse me as I have a memory problems and sometimes can't remember if I did something or not.
My name is Tina and I have 4 children. Three of them grown or so they say LOL. Then I have my baby D.J. he is 13 years old and I was told a little over a year ago that he has aspergers syndrome. Shouldn't have been a huge surprise seeing that my oldest son was non verbal austic. But I am really lost I have read alot of things and my biggest question is. My son has rocked since the day he was born. Is this normal for these children, my oldest didn't rock or anything was in his own little world and I am wondering if this is part of it?
D.J. also has ad/hd, he is bipolar and he has phobia's, also there is a short term memory problem and he is border line IQ being between 68 and 73.
Tina

Welcome, Tina!
I keep "hearing" a phrase on this board, "If you've seen one kid with autism you've seen one kid with autism." In other words, each kid is so different that it's not surprising to have a non-verbal kid who doesn't rock and a verbal kid who does. My aspie never "rocks" or flaps his hands (although he did flap when he was a toddler, which we just thought was cute.) He runs back and forth, with big leaps all around our 1200 sq ft house. Sometimes I wish he'd just sit and rock!
I'm a little confused by D.J.'s borderline IQ, because it was my understanding that average/high IQ was a criterion for Aspergers. Oh well, the important thing is that whatever his diagnoses, he gets the best supports for his personal situation.
How has he been doing in school?
Welcome again, Tina.
Evelyn
Hi Tina,
I posted a hello to you on the autism board as well. Glad you found your way over here. I am the one who also has 4 kids. Believe it or not, my only hand-flapper was my one NT child but she did give that up a couple years ago. She did it until she was at least 6 but only when excited. It had us wondering when she was a baby. My Cait tends to do this finger thing and likes to smell things. Mike tends to make these noises and does kind of a running, flopping, flying thing. Fortunately he typically saves that for home lately. He doesn't watch and may crash into someone when he is doing it, lol.
Welcome again.
Renee
Hi Tina,
Welcome!
The rocking is probably sensory seeking behavior. Many Spectrum kids have poorly callibrated (for want of a better word) sensory systems: Some kids may 'underfeel'
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Well that is what I thought too. But the doctors that I have had him too say that he can be functioning on a higher level but still be border line. I have applied for SSI for my son and they are wanting to test him so that will be a good thing too.D.J. has rocked since the minute they took him by C section. I had one doctor tell me that rocking is a learned behavior and I asked them how they felt it was learned seeing he has always rocked.This same doctor asked my son if he wanted to learn not to rock and he told her point blank blunt NO. That is something that he has always done and we feel that makes D.J. who he is.
As for his schooling there are area's that he is good in BUT not enough that it will do anything to help him. Nice dream is to be a nascar driver or mechanic. He has had an IEP since 2nd grade and they tested him because of his rocking. Kind of strange the rasons that they will use to test him.