ASperger's/PDD-NOS

[mlr]

I asked a question about PDD-NOS over in Education, but thought I might be able to get more insight into it by asking her, more about ASD than education.

My son's school thinks he has PDD-NOS. They have another child in the school who has Asperger's and say that my son 'is nothing like that', which seems rather irrelevant to me, as two ASD children could be very differnt from each other.

My son certainly has difficulties in school, and although I can see hints of autism in what they are saying, a lot of it could just be shyness and boredom. Both my parents (special needs teachers), my partner's aunt (teacher in an asperger's unit), my son's childminder (an Early Years Playgroup leader) cannot see anything unusual in my son's behaviour.

Given that none of these people see my son in school, where the presence of large numbers of children may make autistic symptoms appear more, their opinions may be wrong.

So what do I do? What do I say to the Educational Psychologist who is coming next academic year to do an assessment?

[mlr]

Sorry. I am new and meant to post the above in Special Needs. I will take it over there.