Originally Posted by mountainmom2011
Originally Posted by indigo
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I have suspicions that dd may have Asperger's and one benefit of the gifted program she is in is they have a social worker that comes to the class and works on social skills with the students. Dd even told me that she finds the social skills class very helpful and told me that she relates to the "Unwonderer" character
That character seems to come from the Social Thinking website. Have you discussed your concerns about Asperger's with the small private school? Might they also offer social skills support?

Actually when I toured the small private school I was describing dd, her interests, etc... and the director flat out asked if she has ever been evaluated for Asperger's. They said they have a student with Asperger's already (a girl). I didn't go into too much detail as to how they handle social skills. I was going to wait and see how dd likes the school first.

I wanted to add that between my suspicions, dd's relating to the character unwonderer and also the time awhile back where she watched the episode of Arthur where there was a boy with Asperger's and she said that she feels like him (and then continued to watch that episode over and over)... I just feel like it's more likely than not she probably is on the spectrum somewhere. I'm very impressed with her self-awareness.