DS (9) had an assesment today. SALT used whats happening,cause and effect and whats wrong cards.
This is what she picked up on:
DS literal thinking, that he learns by rules, relates everything to the rules he knows, needs to control whats happening, can deal with 2D better than 3D iyswim?, his expressive language is spot on but he lacks the bit he needs before this - eg gaps in his language development, he stutters when asked a question, his processing is slow and distorted and can miss things if too much info, he'll try and control a conversation, doesnt like eye contact from you and fleets around his eye contact to people, doesnt sit still. sees everything in black and white. But yet is highly intelligent and has fantastic vocab - despite his poor execcution of words, mispronounciations and mixed grammer. He uses she/he instead of the girl/boy etc.
Anyone recognise this?
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What do you make of this SALT assessment?
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Camhs have referred for assessment for ASD - citing Aspergers or possibly SCD.
As the SALT was explaining her findings I kept thinking what she was saying very much followed the 'criteria' (if you like) for ASD.
Sounds daft because I know no one can internet diagnose but having others say it's familiar to them who have children with an ASD prepares me as well as helps me accept it iyswim? (I still have my days when I doubt myself 
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Am exhausted. Its hard when your pleased someone can see what you see but yet hard that they can see it and are saying that school need to be aware of it as he really needs to be spoken to in a specific way. She put a real empathise on it being necessary for awareness especially in secondary. And my favourite one - school must be aware he doesnt have the ability to lie so to give him time to explain and dont blame him because other children have the ability to defend their friends and create a dialogue that paints them in a good light! A time his say it as it is is seen as a positive thing. 
A decent SALT report made a big difference to me getting my voice heard about Dd3. Despite the fact that her school had completely missed her issues and had me down as paranoid.
It is good that your SENCO is on the ball and that the SALT picked up so many things.
Nobody wants their child to have SN's but when you know something is going on and noone is listening it is very hard.
Good luck 
I missed the vital bit she told me off the list on purpose because as I said I wanted to see others opinions - especially those with ASD.
She actually said DS lacks theory of mind. That was the point at which she said he'd need specialist understanding as he thinks and reacts to things differently. So I agree that salt should be involved because this is a major part of his communication difficulties and social understanding.
Although salt seemed very interested in the fact he sleepwalks 
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