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Not surprising, but still...
Apr. 7th, 2009 09:37 amIn the vein of "not doing what I should be doing", I was reading my e-mail and came across this guest post over on Shakesville. This caught my attention for a couple of reasons, but mainly centereed around the Asperger's Syndrome and autism side of things.
The Boy has an IEP, or Individual Education Plan, through the school for social issues. He has had many growing up. However, his teachers have suspected that he has Asperger's Syndrome and it was funny going through the behaviour check list for him because I could easily check most of the items on that list as well as for him. As a team, the teachers and I have not wanted to get an official diagnosis for him as learning disabilities come with a stigma in our society and he's not stupid by any stretch of the imagination. So we're trying to get him the coping mechanisms he needs on the sly, so to speak.
Okay, back to the guest post. In the post she talks about her recent diagnosis of AS at the age of 44, the initial sense of denial that came from it, and where she went exploring from there. One of the things she found was the Aspberger's AQ test, which is by no means anything like an official diagnosis, but it provides a list of 50 symptoms or behaviors and you check how much you agree or disagree with a particular statement of behavior.
The test says, "Scores over 32 are generally taken to indicate Asperger's Syndrome or high-functioning autism, with more than 34 an 'extreme' score".
I scored a 38.
The Boy has an IEP, or Individual Education Plan, through the school for social issues. He has had many growing up. However, his teachers have suspected that he has Asperger's Syndrome and it was funny going through the behaviour check list for him because I could easily check most of the items on that list as well as for him. As a team, the teachers and I have not wanted to get an official diagnosis for him as learning disabilities come with a stigma in our society and he's not stupid by any stretch of the imagination. So we're trying to get him the coping mechanisms he needs on the sly, so to speak.
Okay, back to the guest post. In the post she talks about her recent diagnosis of AS at the age of 44, the initial sense of denial that came from it, and where she went exploring from there. One of the things she found was the Aspberger's AQ test, which is by no means anything like an official diagnosis, but it provides a list of 50 symptoms or behaviors and you check how much you agree or disagree with a particular statement of behavior.
The test says, "Scores over 32 are generally taken to indicate Asperger's Syndrome or high-functioning autism, with more than 34 an 'extreme' score".
I scored a 38.
