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05 Apr 2008, 4:24 am

My now 10 y/o son was diagnosed at the age of 4 by our school district with “Autistic Tendancies”. He received fine/gross motor skills therapy for 1 year. Then at the age of 7 he was diagnosed by a professional with ADD with inattention. I have ALWAYS felt he was mis-diagnosed with ADD and showed many signs for Asperger Syndrom. I was hoping you could tell me what the difference is between the two disorders, so I can be certain he was correctly diagnosed. And if there was an online test you could direct me to to figure this out. Thank you for your help. Sincerely :oops:



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05 Apr 2008, 5:13 am

Hello and welcome to WP!

I have 3 sons aged 9, 8 and 4. The older have been diagnosed with Asperger's.

I am not great expert on ADD. However it is my understanding that many people who have Asperger's are misdiagnosed with ADD.

I attended a seminar last year given by Professor Tony Attwood (Asperger's guru). Tony Attwood reported at least 75% of children with Asperger’s syndrome also have a profile indicative of Attention Deficit Disorder.

The four components of attention include:

The ability to sustain attention
Pay attention to relevant information
Shift attention when needed
Encode attention – to remember what was attended to


Strategies to assist with attention difficulties include:

Relevant information should be highlighted
Assignments should be broken down into smaller units, in keeping with the child’s attention span
The teacher should regularly monitor and give feedback to maintain attention
The amount of environmental distractions should be reduced
A quiet, isolated work space should be provided

Anyway, I'm sure other WP members can give you more info about ADD.

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05 Apr 2008, 6:25 am

u r an angel



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05 Apr 2008, 7:55 am

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05 Apr 2008, 9:30 am

Welcome dflp! :)


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05 Apr 2008, 9:57 am

Hi!

Welcome to Wrongplanet!

I hope you enjoy posting here!


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05 Apr 2008, 11:39 am

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05 Apr 2008, 12:10 pm

Welcome to the forum dflp!! :D


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05 Apr 2008, 3:25 pm

Nice to meet you, dflp. :) 8)


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06 Apr 2008, 3:46 am

so many ways to greet people so little time. :D :P