5 year old on the spectrum, where should Mom begin?

intparent
Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:10:57 +0000

MiamiDAP, I wish you would start another threat to talk about overmedication of kids. This is a kid with Aspergers, which is NOT treated with medication (doesn’t do a thing for it). You keep bringing this up, and it is not related to the OP’s question.

For the other thread :)… there are a lot of kids who do better in school with medication that helps them focus (there is a reason there is a “black market” in drugs used to treat ADD among high school students – it can improve their focus on days when they take important tests).

But, that is a separate debate, so you really should open a separate thread if you want to rant about overmedication of kids in today’s society. Nobody is talking about medicating this kid the OP is talking about.

Also, I believe the point was made earlier in this thread that kids with Aspergers are sometimes very gifted intellectually. So again, you are ranting about something that no one is saying on this thread…