Originally Posted by epoh
stories like the ones relayed there are part of the reason my son didn't get a proper diagnosis and treatment until he was 8 years old! And we still have issues with people not understanding his challenges, because of stupid shit like "he understand jokes" or "he seems fine to me."

That's what happened to us. And DS is a quite classic case of autism (early preoccupations with spinning objects, lining up toys, etc), with the exception of his giftedness.

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