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I can't answer 'biomed' questions. I can answer questions about behavior, what it's like to be autistic, specific subtypes (especially PDA) and educational methods
I have PDA, a form of autism. I have also read a lot about autism, from the internet, books and medical journals. I've also worked with autistic kids as a volunteer.
Just high school.
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It's not really possible to diagnose someone over the internet, but most likely you are on the autism spectrum. Not all autistics have good concentration - in fact, autism overlaps quite a bit with ADHD
Well, there's a couple of possibilities. Firstly, the obvious one, is that he might want to go somewhere. Chances are, if he just headed out on his own, you'd run over and stop him, and he knows this,
You haven't given me very much information about Sally. I can give general advice on how to guide a child through this kind of decision-making process, but without knowing more about Sally, I can't judge
Your son does seem to be somewhat speech delayed - most children have said their first word by 18 months. Whether he's autistic or not is a lot harder to determine. He does show a number of autistic traits
It can be tricky to distinguish medium or low functioning autism (your son would be medium) from generalized developmental delay. Skill scatter, such as a beginning reader who is not fully potty trained
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