Hello all,
I would really appreciate some input. My DS9 was diagnosed with Aspergers by Kaiser when he was 7. This was after years of us worrying about his obsessive behaviors when he was young, such as fascination with fans, wheels, etc. He has outgrown many of these behaviors, but still rotates through obsessive interests. He does have issues with eye contact, but I find myself wondering the last year or so, if his diagnosis is correct. He can be pedantic and extremely black and white, but he understands social cues most of the time and sarcasm etc.
I had him tested on the WISC IV by a Hogies listed Pysch late last year and his scores went up quite a bit from the DAS II scores. He is definitely a late bloomer. The tester did not feel he is on the ASD spectrum. Meanwhile, he has vision processing issues and we are in OT for that currently.
Here are his scores (please don't quote as I will delete scores)
GAI = 146
FULL SCALE IQ = 135
Verbal Comprehension = 132
Perceptual Reasoning = 143
Working Memory = 123
Processing Speed = 106
Similarities 18
Vocabulary 16
Comprehension 12
Block Design
19 (14 when timed)
Picture Concepts 16
Matrix Reasoning 16
Digit Span 15
Letter-Number Sequencing 13
Coding 9
Symbol Search 13
He can take forever to do his homework sometimes and can get distracted. If I tell him I am going to time how long he takes, he can really hyperfocus. He is slow with work but has an incredible memory, such as memorizing Pi digits to 150 after two days of studying it for approximately 10 minutes. He still remembers 6 months later. Most of all, he is extremely disorganized! He did recieve all As in his gate magnet school this year, but some nights he was up very late doing homework. Does the slow processing seem to be a result of the visual issues or is there something else going on? He acts like he has inattention ADD sometimes. Do these score indicate a learning disability? We have an appointment scheduled with a well respected neuropsych (on Hoagies) but it will be very expensive and wondering if it is worth doing. I am hoping they will also be able to really determine if he is on the spectrum.
Sorry for the rambling questions, but money is tight and I just really want to see the benefit of doing more testing. Thank you!!
