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Recent content by James Nicodemus

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    Introducing Myself - Dad of 11-year old Amazing Aspergers kid (undiagnosed), looking to chat

    I have not tried the online screening tests, probably because, in school, before entering the 3rd grade, he was given a substantial assessment battery and was found to be on the spectrum. So he has been receiving services with an IEP, under that designation
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    Introducing Myself - Dad of 11-year old Amazing Aspergers kid (undiagnosed), looking to chat

    It's interesting, because as I speak with more and more people who either have Asperger's, or are a relative/parent, I find it frequently occurs and regular that kids who seem to have "publicly intriguing" or beneficial talents are treated like little rock stars, but then it often fades when...
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    Introducing Myself - Dad of 11-year old Amazing Aspergers kid (undiagnosed), looking to chat

    From what you have seen, do most kids that are diagnosed with, or seem to manifest Asperger's traits do well in life? Be independent and able to take advantage of and thrive with their special talents? Are they able to grow enough out of their childhood idiosyncracies and make their way in the...
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    Introducing Myself - Dad of 11-year old Amazing Aspergers kid (undiagnosed), looking to chat

    The thing is that he is very, very secure in who he is, technologically speaking. He is so confident in his technology skills, as they relate to phones, computers, TVs, etc. that this bleeds on over into areas that he has lesser and more average talent. My wife seems to think that if we start...
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    Introducing Myself - Dad of 11-year old Amazing Aspergers kid (undiagnosed), looking to chat

    He surprises me every day, and very much in a good way. And of course I hear he often is a rock star at school, but again this is within a very rare air environment at school where like a said his fellow students and teachers are almost like cheerleaders. So he thrives beyond belief.
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    Introducing Myself - Dad of 11-year old Amazing Aspergers kid (undiagnosed), looking to chat

    Thank you for the information about the Raven's and TONI test. Yes, his technology interest is definitely more specialized.
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    Introducing Myself - Dad of 11-year old Amazing Aspergers kid (undiagnosed), looking to chat

    But don't get me wrong. As I have said, compared to many other kids likely in a similar situation, he gets astounding support both at school, and at home. But I am coming to see that most parents with kids on the spectrum don't as much express concern about the immediate, but about the future..
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    Introducing Myself - Dad of 11-year old Amazing Aspergers kid (undiagnosed), looking to chat

    The problem is that, although by all routine metrics that someone might see to look at him, my son has excellent speech, strong body movement and routine interactions with adults but not children (although always with a angle towards technology), gifted classes in traditional schools (and ours...
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    Introducing Myself - Dad of 11-year old Amazing Aspergers kid (undiagnosed), looking to chat

    Hey. Any suggestions on whether to rock the boat for my son, who lives in this kind of ideal bubble life right now, or just continue to let him (once school Thank you so much for your insight. My biggest problem is convincing my wife to take that step. She sees my son in a great place -...
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    Introducing Myself - Dad of 11-year old Amazing Aspergers kid (undiagnosed), looking to chat

    So if you don't think that CBT is a very good regimen, is there another therapy design that you think is effective, or is the diversity of individuality among Asperger's too varied to make that kind of recommendation. Our biggest fears have always been those problems that you see so amply...
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    Introducing Myself - Dad of 11-year old Amazing Aspergers kid (undiagnosed), looking to chat

    But the interesting thing is that I am the one who wants to embrace his ASD, not just in conversations (delicate ones) with him, but in a larger sense - getting a formal diagnosis, looking at treatment outside of the amazing "team" at school that he gets. Other people have told me that we...
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    Introducing Myself - Dad of 11-year old Amazing Aspergers kid (undiagnosed), looking to chat

    The curious thing is, it's really hard to believe that he doesn't know already. As I said, he has an aid with him all of the time at school (who is great), and he has a special group of girls in his class (it's a regular 5th grade class) who are willing to bend over backwards and help him out...
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    Introducing Myself - Dad of 11-year old Amazing Aspergers kid (undiagnosed), looking to chat

    He has been formally diagnosed on the spectrum, but just not with a clear diagnosis of Asperger's. The problem is that, for an 11-year old, although he interacts with computer coders and programmers at a college and post-college level, and has an amazing vocabulary and speaks extremely well, he...
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    Introducing Myself - Dad of 11-year old Amazing Aspergers kid (undiagnosed), looking to chat

    You hit the nail on the head with my son. He's stratospheric in his computer capabilities, and has social interaction problems, but he gets such great support from his "team" at school, and from my wife and I, that he doesn't yet recognize the "friendship" deficits he has. He has never had a...
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    Comment by 'James Nicodemus' in 'I'll go to the university this year. July 3rd 2020 entrance exam.'

    I wish I had your computer savvy. It would help me to much better keep up with my 11-year old son, who I think has Asperger's and is a tech wiz. The way I look at it, you and my son are set up knowledge-wise to conquer the future. Hang in there.
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