Originally Posted by Sweetie
For my older son who is now 13, we didn't get an Asperger's dx until my son was nearly 8 years old....that vague speech language social behavior anxiety not sure what is wrong but something is...until I finally pushed for it to be ruled in or out officially.

That's really common, especially with the gifted kids. Our DS11 (2E Asperger's) is so verbally fluent that nobody could really believe he was autistic, and we consulted a lot of professionals before we figured him out.

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