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posted by [personal profile] maelorin at 04:47am on 11/08/2005
mum is sure he's not aspie. i'm not so sure. but gifted kids and aspie kids do share a lot of common behaviours as a consequence of their different world-views. we need to sort through the behaviours to be sure.

his reception teacher is clearly a soon-to-retireee, who's at work until she retires in a year or so. hans was much more than she was prepared for - at least, so things appear to us and the school. the school is examining options to address this.

part of my training last year for middle-school and high-school teaching was some of the indicators of difference - and the 'proper' chain-of-command to address them. [but the beaurocratic systems move far too slowly.]

we're not fussed about hans' academics at the moment. he'll pick those up. but we need to help him adjust socially - that can't wait.
 
posted by [identity profile] ex-mother-ca391.livejournal.com at 11:14am on 11/08/2005
Is there just thing has being partially aspie? Autism is supposed to be a 'spectrum disorder' or so I've read?
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posted by [personal profile] maelorin at 02:53pm on 11/08/2005
Indeed, Aspieness is not a fixed thing, and I am concerned that Hans may have some Aspie traits.

We need to determine which behaviours are a result of the isolation of being far brighter than any of his peers, and which may have other roots.

He is experiencing the kind of sensory overload - and exhibits the same kind of shutdown/over-stimulation responses - that I do to constant loud noise. He has sensitive hearing, which may explain it without putting him on the Spectrum. Hearing test awaits in the near future.

I do hope he's not ASD. But if he is, he'll get the best help available - whatever I (and his mother) have to do.

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