He is our EASY child until he's put into an uncomfortable social / communication situation when he shuts down.
That can itself be "restrictive"-- not being able to engage in certain situations.
I would also point out that the "safe minds" website is largely pseudoscience-- it's one of those groups that still says mercury in vaccines causes autism (which has been definitively ruled out) and advocates for treatments that have no documented validity. I wouldn't trust much you read there.
DeeDee
I haven't really paid much attention to the website itself, just the information, which goes along with info here as well
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...qLFZT8jLymoFhSqHdg&bvm=bv.46751780,d.eWU http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDsQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.psych.org%2FFile%2520Library%2FPractice%2FDSM%2FDSM-5%2FDSM-5-Social-Communication-Fact-Sheet.pdf&ei=O6iXUYatDozW9ATyvoDgDA&usg=AFQjCNFtxzJ1AVrl7bVeEPr0KhBfnVdegw&sig2=LF_6qLFZT8jLymoFhSqHdg&bvm=bv.46751780,d.eWU (sorry for the long link ... first time trying to post a link on this forum)
We have had a lot of people in various situations tell us that he doesn't really seem autistic to them (people who work with autistic kids) and that he has more going on than just high functioning autism. Not to mention that when we bring him to school he's basically not functioning at all.
