The following questions are related to ‘Autistic Spectrum’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: My grandson turned 1 this month. Two weeks prior his mom and I had noticed a behaviour change. He has always been a loving, sweet, smiling, hugging child and 2 weeks before his birthday it was as if his light had gone out and another child had replaced ours. He doesn’t smile, laugh or [...]
Q: My 15-year-old son is currently undergoing assessment for Aspergers, and 80% of what I see fits the diagnosis — except that he has very recently started to mention mild delusions or hallucinations of a type. Can this be due to him trying to figure out why he is so different? The last two years [...]
Q: I have a few unanswered questions, hope you can help clarify them for me. What are the main differences between Schizotypal and Schizoid Personality Disorder? And what are the main differences between high functioning Autism and Asperger’s? How do you decipher if the person is encountering strong intrusive thoughts that they have succumbed to [...]
Q: My beautiful 3-year-old grand daughter is such a handful! Her mother and dad are exhausted, and I can’t watch her for more than 2 hours without feeling somewhat trapped! My daughter says she will eat her own stools! I’ve not witnessed that but what she has done is strip in public, and holler “I’m [...]
Q: I have a son, only one, who is not speaking up to now. His age is nearly four. I’m worried that he’ll be autistic. His behavior is absolutely normal. I tested his hearing, normal. But he can say only a little, such as aaapaaa, aaamaaa. One important thing is he doesn’t know his name. [...]
Q: My son is 14 and was diagnosed with ADHD in Kindergarten. He could never sit still and has always been hyperactive and inattentive. I have always felt that something else is going on with him and I have been unsuccessful for all these years at finding out what. He has sensory issues, e.g., he [...]
Q: I been tossing around the idea of having my 7-year-old see a psych. He is still using the bathroom on himself and is diagnosed SLD. He was previously diagnosed PDD and now it is SLD. I am an ESE teacher and I teach children with varying exceptionalities, and I have seen a lot of [...]
