dont want to piss on anyones chips but when i read them i smile.
DS has aspergers among other things - but is a bit of a genius in his chosen specialist subject - he is totally self taught and is now working in his specialist field while studying for a degree. if i had has PFB syndrome i would have probably been posting on here - instead when he was 7 i had a dx by a leading specialist in the field. it felt fine and answered alot of questions!
but,
he was bullied right through school and found it hard to make friends
he is totally nocturnal, up half the night, sleeps most of the day.
completely disorganised
we bought him a calculator for his first birthday....he loved all things numbers.
he loved to find out how things worked, he asked endless endless questions that drove me (and checkout operators) mad (he once stood at Asda and asked what every single button on the till did...i couldnt move him until he knew after that we made up some rules for how many questions he was allowed to ask!)
he was rule oriented - he was the policeman of his class.
he wrote lists and lists of times tables (60 times table at age of 6 -all correct)
he had odd obsessions
he had/has a high IQ with some disparity on some scores...some subtests scored sky high - others low
when i read the G&T threads i smile inwardly
i think we should just love our kids no matter what. for us get a dx was right - it explained so much, for him aswell as us. but he is special. he is gifted. he is talented.He is successful. he is a first class pain in the arse now he is 19. but he is mine and i love him dearly.
AIBU?
to wonder how many G&T kids are on the autistic spectrum?
ThatVikRinA22 · 17/06/2011 02:03
I think I know what you mean. I have a dd with autism, but she has severe learning disabilities, can't talk, uses nappies etc.
She is still bright as a button when it comes to finding ice cream though 
In a way, I am sort of grateful that she is so far away from normally-functioning that she is unlikely to ever give a shit what people think of her. But in another way, I wish she was nearer to the rest of the world that she could wow them with some special intelligence or knowledge. She can't.
You just play the cards you're dealt. Bloody good luck to you both.
best don hard hat and wait for the onslaught from that board then eh....it wasnt actually my intention to hit raw nerves. i being genuine if clumsy.
i dont know why but i find it sort of distasteful, but i tend to call a spade a spade. or a child with ASD a child with ASD.
but if it makes people feel better then of course there is no harm in calling them a child who is G & T.
lots are, lots of ASD kids are G&T.
and not all who have genius iq's or talents are going to be autistic. but i just recognised quite a lot in some of those posts, and i wonder why people would prefer to say their children are gifted and talented than on the autistic spectrum, or worse, take the suggestion if offered by the school or whatever as a personal insult?
i want to fly the flag i suppose for people who do have that "label" and who are totally able.
thanks BOF....i hope people can see what i meant. clumsy i may be but smug im not.
his speciality? its computers, computer programming. he wrote programmes at age 9. he taught himself. he wrote one a few years ago that topped up his sim card on his pay as you go phone when it got to 50p or below.....i only found out when £300 went missing from my bank account! he had no real idea what he was doing, he was super pleased with himself!
he now works in programming and internet marketing while studying for a degree in computer sciences.
blimey, vic, who rattled that cage?
there have been quite a few threads on more able kids with spectrum type issues - sometimes posters come to the conclusion themselves, sometimes they have to be led a bit. 
personally i have three kids who are more able, and occasionally look in on the g&t threads as there are interesting links to websites they might enjoy etc. one of my more able kids has cerebral palsy (actually the one that's the most clever on paper) and another one has some un-dx issues which may or may not be spectrum related (continence/ sensory/ add/odd-ish). the other one is boringly nt, but on the regional programme for more able kids anyway. some of the more able kids aren't on the spectrum.
i do like the 'twice exceptional' stuff that comes out of the us though - although a couple of years ago they were running seminars and workshops for g&t/ as/asd parents at winchester through the yg&t chaps, so it has made some impact in the uk.
so, usually i post on sn, but sometimes i pop into g&t for a look. i'm not sure, however, that starting an aibu thread about kids you think have additional needs is wise in any case, tbh...
i'm not keen on the 'my child is badly behaved because he is bored' threads. or the ones that have unrealistic demands because their child is reasonably clever. but other than that, y'know, g&t seems like a fairly average board.
off to bed now and wont be back for a while as working.(not running away!.... is there a cowards emoticon? think they should have an olive branch and a white feather emoticon!....)
anyway hope people can see what i meant.
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