 | Please help, I have a 12 year old daughter (girls typically harder to diagnose with this disorder), I think she has aspbergers. Her physciatrist has used term pdd. Her psychologist is not sure. Was a diffucult child at age of two ie: did not want to be held or touched, hair combed or brushed. She also would refuse to wear certain clothes because of texture or feel. Her socks had to be at least two sizes small before she would wear them. I thought she was just being defiant, after all, she was the perfect baby. She was very content being by herself, not needing to be held all the time. My point is she did not need the physical closeness and affection my two other children.(both born after her)needed.
Now at age of 12 is very socially inept. Completely embarasses me in public. She says and does thing that my four year old would not do or say.
School is not going well. Here is my dilema, most children with asppbergers are highly intelegent and do well academicyly, my child suffers socially and academicly. She has been tested, and has no learning disabilities. I think she is so overwhlemed in a classroom, that she cannot perform and therefore shuts down. Can anyone please tell me if they have a similar situation, and what they have done to help their child sucseed academically and socially. Thank you! |
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