Re: Saw Paediatrician Today!!!

[Anonymous]

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They dont feel there is enough evidence to suggest Asperger syndrome, but i looked at the Gilberg AS criteria, which i have included in this post and it is clearly there when i mark them so no idea what they think!!

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Diagnostic Criteria for Asperger’s Syndrome from Gilberg & Gilberg (1989)
(reprinted from Tony Attwood, Asperger’s Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, pp. 195-6.)
1. Social impairment (extreme egocentricity), at least in two of the following:
a) Inability to interact with peers; (yes)
b) Lack of desire to interact with peers;
c) Lack of appreciation of social cues;(yes)
d) Socially and emotionally inappropriate behavior.(yes)
2. Narrow interest, at least one of the following:
a) Exclusion of other activities; (yes very)
b) Repetitive adherence; (yes)
c) More rote than meaning.(yes)
3. Repetitive routines, at least one of the following:
a) On self, in aspects of life;(yes)
b) On others.(yes)
4. Speech and language peculiarities, at least three of the following:
a) Delayed development; (yes)
b) Superficially perfect expressive language; (yes)
c) Formal pedantic language; (yes)
d) Odd prosody, peculiar voice characteristics; (yes)
e) Impairment of comprehension including misinterpretation of literal/implied meanings. (yes very)
5. Non-verbal communication problems, at least one of the following:
a) Limited use of gestures; (yes)
b) Clumsy/gauche body language; (yes)
c) Limited facial expression; (bit)
d) Inappropriate expression; (yes)
e) Peculiar stiff gaze. (yes)
6. Motor clumsiness:
Poor performance on neuro-developmental examination. (yes)

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