Hi ladies.
My son walked independently at 9.75 months and climbed stairs and ran by 11 months, so I would not characterize him as physically delayed by any measure. Although his writing and math problems are really large and a bit messy also.
His asynchronous development, which was most obvious from age five to nine, presented because he was so intellectually advanced
as compared to age and held mature social expectations that his classmates did not meet. Additionally, he is very emotionally intense. His feelings were easily hurt before he accepted common boy world behaviors and he didn�t hide it. With age, he is more willing to participate in boy world teasing and has become more a part of the group although he would only categorize one or two school buddies as good friends.
This article illustrates best what I mean when I refer to the fact that DS was very asynchronous as a young boy.
http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10172.aspx
