Thanks so much for all these responses! smile I'm a little familiar with aspergers only because I babysat a kiddo that was diagnosed with aspergers when I was a teenager. I know enough to know that kids with aspergers can be very different from one another, so it does make it hard to identify. I don't know at what age such a diagnosis can be made. (Maybe I should have posted this in the twice exceptional forum, sorry!!)

Is two just too young to really try for this type of evaluation? I'm thinking once he hits three and will be eligible (age-wise) for our school district special education services, and at that point a diagnosis might be more helpful.

For now he is making good progress in speech, but our therapist (and pediatrician) are recommending we taking him to a "feeding center" to help with eating issues. So I've starting searching for that... They are also recommending an occupational therapist for both the eating and the sensory issues. I'm trying to not be overwhelmed with this new world of specialists and just take things one step at a time.

So do kids with hypernumeracy and hyperlexia tend ease up on the obsession as they get older - or is this a "only time will tell" situation?

Any books to recommend on this subject? I'm a bookworm, so any good titles - just lay them on me!

Thanks again!!