Some people, including my sister, thought my son had to have Asperger's because he used a higher level of vocabulary than much older kids, he flapped his arms when he was younger because he had that excess energy that he had to get rid of, has always been very interested in computers and technology, read his first easy reader book without being taught at 2 1/2, and talked like a little professor as a preschooler. When he was 4 1/2 an older teenager in his acting class told me he had to be "autistic or something" to be able to memorize his lines so fast.
The neuropsychologist says he does not have it and said in her report that he was very sociable with both her and the student who was helping with the testing. The developmental pediatrician said he didn't have it. My sister thinks they are wrong. She read an article in Time magazine a few years ago and she knows more about it than they do.
He always felt like he had more in common with gifted kids several years older than he was. He has only one friend his age and he is in GT in public school. All of his other friends are several years older. He told me recently that he only has about 1% in common with these friends now. It doesn't help that they are all in public school and very busy with things like band and he is homeschooled. My son would love to find other kids his age with similar interests but he hasn't found any yet except for a few online.
