Need Some Advice/Help re: odd thoughts

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despite what that texts say aspie kids can have quite an imagination. I had a total special interest in animals and animal biology to the point that I acted like an animal and wanted to be one. I loved stuffed animals and they seemed real to me. In some way, they were living beings to me. Of course I got thrown in a mental hospital when I started attacking my sister when I thought I was a tiger.
But as long as things are friendly with his family in his tummy and no fueds or they start telling him to do dangerous things then it is all just an aspie imagination.

As far as school goes and getting the DX, I recomend that you go to an independant autism doctor that is not asocated with the school. In school systems like that, the goal of the school examinier is to downplay everything so the school doesnt have to do as much as far as accomidations. The best that you can do as far as keeping him from falling through the cracks is getting a "complete neuropsych" done by a neuropsychologist that specializes in ASD's. They have such a top notch autism facility in Emory university in Atlanta, Ga.

Beware of the school driving you to get your kid medicated cause the schools are pushing alot of kids on ADHD medicine that are not even ADHD. I read that schools are in cohoots with drug companies to get kids on psychotropics. But these drugs act much different on a child's developing mind than the adults' mind they were designed for and some can cause irreversable brain damage. So dont medicate a child unless it is absolutely nessisary.

best wishes,

Jojo

thanks for the replies aspie48 and jojobean. I hear your warnings about medication jojobean, which is why we are not even considering them at this point. In fact, I am quite disappointed that putting our son on medication was even brought up by the one evaluator. The mental health worker advocating meds also surprised me a little, especially when she prefaced by saying, "what harm could it do?" Can we say HUGE RED FLAGS with that statement? I do believe there is a time and place for meds, however we aren't there yet, and we won't be for awhile. We prefer to try anything and everything we can before we look at meds.

It is interesting that you brought up the neuropsych...I have been asking for this for over a year. Getting to see the psychiatrist is a step in that direction. Hopefully sooner than later

Thanks again for your replies

cutiecrystalmom