Hi,
We suspected ASD because our son is very introverted and showed some signs of ASD like lack of eye contact and sometimes pedantic tone. However, the psych evaluation was inconclusive for ASD. Our son is only introverted and not with us, but more so at school and in new social situations. At home and in situations where he is comfortable he is gregarious, funny and extremely loving. He does not have other signs of ASD, including obsessive interests, stimming, etc...
The psych said maybe ASD or maybe social anxiety...maybe...and wants to try a trial of an SSRI, which we are not comfortable with because our son is not depressed. He is often anxious, though. He worries about big problems like something hitting Earth or that the house might fall down. He's very afraid of bugs and the dark. But he doesn't worry about school, and doesn't seem worried about social situations. He just doesn't have much interest in having many friends and he's annoyed by loud, boisterous kids. I'm just not sure I want to go to medication straight away.
The WRAML 2 was administered as well as the IVA-Plus Continuous Performance Task. I'm not familiar with these tests, but it looks like he scored highly on the WRAML 2 and fairly well on the IVA-Plus. I think they evaluate memory?
We did talk to the psych about why the processing speed was so low and she was not sure and suggested OT and concentrating on typing rather than writing. But his handwriting is quite good. So? We are doing some acheivement testing to follow up. In the past, our son has never scored that well on achievement tests compared to his 'potential' according to the WISC, even untimed tests. This has always been something I was confused about because I know he knows a lot. It's possible there is some connection, but I am not sure what.
